%0 Journal Article %J BMC public health %D 2014 %T Latent tuberculosis infection in a Malaysian prison: implications for a comprehensive integrated control program in prisons. %A Al-Darraji, Haider Abdulrazzaq %A Kamarulzaman, Adeeba %A Altice, Frederick L %N 1 %P 22 %R 10.1186/1471-2458-14-22 %V 14 %X Prisons continue to fuel tuberculosis (TB) epidemics particularly in settings where access to TB screening and prevention services is limited. Malaysia is a middle-income country with a relatively high incarceration rate of 138 per 100,000 population. Despite national TB incidence rate remaining unchanged over the past ten years, data about TB in prisons and its contribution to the overall national rates does not exist. This survey was conducted to address the prevalence of latent TB infection (LTBI) in Malaysia's largest prison. %8 2014 Jan 10