Journal
JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH
Volume -, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-021-01294-5
Keywords
Tuberculosis; Diabetes; Mexico-US border; Migration; Infectious diseases
Categories
Funding
- NIH
- NIAID [1R21AI144541]
- NIA [P01-AG051428]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The study found that immigrants have a significant impact on the burden of tuberculosis in Tamaulipas, with most immigrants originating from internal migration within Mexico. They have higher risk factors for tuberculosis, such as older age, low education, and diabetes, as well as a higher rate of treatment abandonment.
The Mexican state of Tamaulipas serves as a migration waypoint into the US. Here, we determined the contribution of immigrants to TB burden in Tamaulipas. TB surveillance data from Tamaulipas (2006-2013) was used to conduct a cross-sectional characterization of TB immigrants (born outside Tamaulipas) and identify their association with TB treatment outcomes. Immigrants comprised 30.8% of TB patients, with > 99% originating from internal Mexican migration. Most migration was from South to North, with cities adjacent to the US border as destinations. Immigrants had higher odds of risk factors for TB [older age (>= 65 year old, OR 2.4, 95% CI 2.1, 2.8), low education (OR 1.3, 95% CI 1.2, 1.4), diabetes (OR 1.2, 95% CI 1.1, 1.4)], or abandoning treatment (adjusted OR 1.2, 95% CI 1.0, 1.5). There is a need to identify strategies to prevent TB more effectively in Tamaulipas, a Mexican migration waypoint.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available