Systematic review of the tuberculosis burden in prisons: Regional patterns and gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean
TB in Latin American prisons represents a serious but underreported public health crisis. The combination of elevated incidence, limited diagnostics, and fragmented surveillance highlights the urgent need for standardized, prison-specific TB control strategies and expanded research in underrepresented regions.
Authors
- Rogelio Zapata-Garibay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6533-113X)
- Ricardo Perea-Jacobo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4164-7719)
- J. Eduardo González-Fagoaga
- Raquel Muñiz-Salazar
- Dora-Luz Flores
- Rafael Laniado-Laborín
- Liliana Guadalupe Villa-Aviles
- Javier Robles-Flores
- Jose Luis Soto-Ledesma
- Luis Alberto García-Sánchez
Institutions
- Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (MX)
- Oasis of Hope Hospital (MX)
- Secretaria de Salud (MX)
- Secretaria de Salud (HN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloepi.2026.100244
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00