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Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021
Research

Local and Travel-Associated Transmission of Tuberculosis at Central Western Border of Brazil, 2014–2017

Katharine S. Walter1Comments to Author , Mariana Bento Tatara1, Kesia Esther da Silva, Flora Martinez Figueira Moreira, Paulo Cesar Pereira dos Santos, Dândrea Driely de Melo Ferrari, Eunice Atsuko Cunha, Jason R. Andrews2, and Julio Croda2
Author affiliations: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA (K.S. Walter, K.E. da Silva, J.R. Andrews); Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Brazil (M.B. Tatara, F.M.F. Moreira, P.C.P. dos Santos, D.D. de Melo Ferrari); Central Laboratory of Public Health, Campo Grande, Brazil (E.A. Cunha); Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil (J. Croda); Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (J. Croda); Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (J. Croda)

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Table

Characteristics of study participants with notified tuberculosis, Central West region, Brazil, 2014–2017*

Characteristic Participants, N = 142
City
Corumbá 114/142 (80.3)
Ladário 3/142 (2.1)
Ponta Porã
 25/142 (17.6)
Sex
M 92/142 (64.8)
F
 50/142 (35.2)
Age, y
Median (IQR) 37 (27–53)
0–14 1/142 (0.7)
15–20 7/142 (4.9)
21–40 74/142 (52.1)
41–60 44/142 (31.0)
>60
 16/142 (11.3)
Race, self-reported
White 30/141 (21.3)
Mixed 66/141 (46.8)
Black 38/141 (26.9)
Indigenous 7/141 (5.0)
Asian
 0/141 (0.0)
Education level, y
<1 11/133 (8.3)
1–4 47/133 (35.3)
5–8 44/133 (33.1)
9–11 29/133 (21.8)
>11
 2/133 (1.5)
Marital status, married
 61/134 (45.5)
Monthly individual income <$100 US
 104/119 (87.4)
Recipient of a cash transfer program
 46/142 (32.4)
International travel within the past 5 y
 38/142 (26.8)
Vulnerable population
Currently incarcerated 16/142 (11.3)
Formerly incarcerated 27/142 (19.0)
Contact with someone with incarceration history 13/142 (9.1)
Homeless 3/142 (2.1)
Immigrant: <2 y resident in Brazil
 5/133 (3.7)
Comorbidities
Alcoholism 33/134 (24.6)
Diabetes 7/134 (5.2)
HIV 8/138 (5.8)
Mental illness 2/134 (1.5)
Hypertension 36/131 (27.5)
Renal failure 31/133 (23.3)
Hepatic failure 34/132 (25.7)
Smoking history 80/140 (57.1)
Drug use
 35/134 (26.1)
TB history
Previous TB 29/141 (20.6)
History of contact with TB case
 69/132 (52.3)
BCG scar
 104/133 (78.2)
Supervised treatment 41/135 (30.4)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. BCG, Bacillus Calmett-Guérin.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

2These authors contributed equally to this article.

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