Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Predictive Factors in an Urban Informal Settlement in Johannesburg, South Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study

Citation

Ncayiyana, Jabulani R.; Bassett, Jean F.; West, Nora S.; Westreich, Daniel J.; Musenge, Eustasius; Emch, Michael E.; Pettifor, Audrey E.; Hanrahan, Colleen F.; Schwartz, Sheree R.; & Sanne, Ian, et al. (2016). Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Predictive Factors in an Urban Informal Settlement in Johannesburg, South Africa: A Cross-Sectional Study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 16, 661. PMCID: PMC5101651

Abstract

BACKGROUND: South Africa has one of the highest burdens of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in high-risk populations such as young children, adolescents, household contacts of TB cases, people living with HIV, gold miners and health care workers, but little is known about the burden of LTBI in its general population.
METHODS: Using a community-based survey with random sampling, we examined the burden of LTBI in an urban township of Johannesburg and investigated factors associated with LTBI. The outcome of LTBI was based on TST positivity, with a TST considered positive if the induration was

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1989-x

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2016

Journal Title

BMC Infectious Diseases

Author(s)

Ncayiyana, Jabulani R.
Bassett, Jean F.
West, Nora S.
Westreich, Daniel J.
Musenge, Eustasius
Emch, Michael E.
Pettifor, Audrey E.
Hanrahan, Colleen F.
Schwartz, Sheree R.
Sanne, Ian
van Rie, Annelies T.

PMCID

PMC5101651

ORCiD

Pettifor - 0000-0002-3387-0817
Emch - 0000-0003-2642-965X