Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Public transportation and tuberculosis transmission in a high incidence setting

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dc.contributor.author Zamudio Fuertes, Carlos Eduardo
dc.contributor.author Krapp, Fiorella
dc.contributor.author Choi, Howard W.
dc.contributor.author Shah, Lena
dc.contributor.author Ciampi, Antonio
dc.contributor.author Gotuzzo Herencia, José Eduardo
dc.contributor.author Heymann, Jody
dc.contributor.author Seas Ramos, Carlos Rafael
dc.contributor.author Brewer, Timothy F.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-06T14:53:12Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-06T14:53:12Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5402
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) transmission may occur with exposure to an infectious contact often in the setting of household environments, but extra-domiciliary transmission also may happen. We evaluated if using buses and/or minibuses as public transportation was associated with acquiring TB in a high incidence urban district in Lima, Peru. METHODS: Newly diagnosed TB cases with no history of previous treatment and community controls were recruited from August to December 2008 for a case-control study. Crude and adjusted odd ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using logistic regression to study the association between bus/minibus use and TB risk. RESULTS: One hundred forty TB cases and 80 controls were included. The overall use of buses/minibuses was 44.9%; 53.3% (72/135) among cases and 30.4% (24/79) among controls [OR: 3.50, (95% CI: 1.60-7.64)]. In the TB group, 25.7% (36/140) of subjects reported having had a recent household TB contact, and 13% (18/139) reported having had a workplace TB contact; corresponding figures for controls were 3.8% (3/80) and 4.1% (3/73), respectively[OR: 8.88 (95% CI: 2.64-29.92), and OR: 3.89 (95% CI: 1.10-13.70)]. In multivariate analyses, age, household income, household contact and using buses/minibuses to commute to work were independently associated with TB [OR for bus/minibus use: 11.8 (95% CI: 1.45-96.07)]. CONCLUSIONS: Bus/minibus use to commute to work is associated with TB risk in this high-incidence, urban population in Lima, Peru. Measures should be implemented to prevent TB transmission through this exposure. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries PLoS ONE
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Adult en_US
dc.subject Female en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Male en_US
dc.subject Young Adult en_US
dc.subject Middle Aged en_US
dc.subject Peru/epidemiology en_US
dc.subject Case-Control Studies en_US
dc.subject Urban Population en_US
dc.subject Transportation en_US
dc.subject Incidence en_US
dc.subject Tuberculosis/epidemiology/transmission en_US
dc.title Public transportation and tuberculosis transmission in a high incidence setting en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115230
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.07
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.09
dc.relation.issn 1932-6203


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