Prevalence and factors associated with tuberculosis infection (TBI) among residents of a monastery situated in a high-TB burden area: A cross-sectional study, Sikkim, India
This study confirms the high prevalence of TBI among residents in the congregate setting of monasteries, and justify TB prevention strategies by targeted screening, TBI testing and preventive treatment in congregate settings of high TB burden areas.
Authors
- Debya S. Kerongi
- Mohammad K. Siddiqui
- Shikha Dhawan
- Sreenivas Achuthan Nair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2586-6797)
- Jagat Pradhan
- Nirmal Gurung
- Kiran Rade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7601-0780)
- Asif Mohmmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-1979)
- Rinchenla Bhutia
- Tseten Yamphel
- L. Masae Kawamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7227-8026)
- Dinesh Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7548-8835)
- Shamim Mannan
- Vivek Nair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3218-5196)
- Kabita Khati
- Peggy K. Dadul
- Pawan Malhotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7384-6280)
- Shagufta Khan
- Ashok Rai
- Karma Doma Bhutia
Institutions
- United States Customs and Border Protection (US)
- Government of Sikkim (IN)
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (IN)
- Enzen (India) (IN)
- Vital Strategies (US)
- World Health Organization - India (IN)
- Sikkim University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333583
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology