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Tuberculosis screening among Bolivian sex workers and their children

Authors
Silvia S. Chianga, b, *, schiang@alumni.stanford.edu, Jessica K. Paulusc, Chi-Cheng Huangd, P.K. Newbya, Dora Castellón Quirogae, Renée Boynton-Jarretta, 1, Lara Antkowiaka, b, 1
aBoston University School of Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics, 850 Harrison Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
bBoston Children’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
cTufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts Medical Center, 35 Kneeland Street, 8th–11th Floors, Boston, MA 02111, USA
dDepartment of Medicine, Lahey Clinic, 41 Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, USA
eIndependent Consultant, La Paz, Bolivia
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RBJ and LA are joint senior authors.

*Corresponding author at: Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, 1102 Bates Street, Suite 1120, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Tel.: +1 (832) 824 4330; fax: +1 (832) 825 4347.
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Received 20 April 2014, Revised 11 June 2014, Accepted 12 June 2014, Available Online 19 July 2014.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2014.06.002How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Maternal child health; Prostitution; Sex work regulation; HIV screening; Household contact investigation
Abstract

Bolivian sex workers were more likely than other employed women to report tuberculosis screening only if they reported HIV screening. Of all women with household tuberculosis exposure, <40% reported screening for themselves or their children. Coupling tuberculosis screening with sex workers’ mandatory HIV screenings may be a cost-efficient disease-control strategy.

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© 2014 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Journal
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Volume-Issue
5 - 2
Pages
205 - 210
Publication Date
2014/07/19
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
ISSN (Print)
2210-6006
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2014.06.002How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2014 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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