Tuberculosis treatment outcomes after transfer or release from incarceration: a retrospective cohort study from Brazil
Transfers between facilities and releases from incarceration are common and may pose barriers to TB treatment completion. Strategies for ensuring continuity of care across carceral facilities and between prison and community health systems are urgently needed to improve TB outcomes for individuals impacted by incarceration.
Authors
- Michelle Echevarria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5141-5295)
- José Victor Bortolotto Bampi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1410-7461)
- Maria de Lourdes Delgado Alves
- Crhistinne Cavalheiro Maymone Gonçalves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6953-4965)
- Everton Ferreira Lemos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6652-9191)
- Roberto Dias de Oliveira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7996-8011)
- Yiran E. Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7964-712X)
- Jason Randolph Andrews (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5967-251X)
- Júlio Croda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6665-6825)
- Yasmine Mabene
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (BR)
- Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (BR)
- Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul (BR)
- Yale University (US)
- Yale New Haven Health System (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Federal Penitentiary Service (RU)
- Fundação de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento do Ensino, Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul (BR)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Global and Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-025-00210-5
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health