Prevalence, risk factors and social context of active pulmonary tuberculosis among prison inmates in Tajikistan.

Setting: Tuberculosis (TB) is highly prevalent in prisons of the former Soviet Union.

Objective: To understand the behavioral, demographic and biological factors placing inmates in Tajikistan at risk for active TB.

Design: We administered a behavioral and demographic survey to 1317 inmates in two prison facilities in Sughd province, Tajikistan along with radiographic screening for pulmonary TB.