[Tuberculosis in penitentiaries of the Republic of Belarus]

The paper analyzes the prevalence of tuberculous infection among special cohorts of penitentiaries in the past decade. The incidence of tuberculosis in prisons in 1997 was 28.3 greater than that in the general population, which negatively affects the whole epidemiological situation. The optimal methods of its detection, treatment, and prevention among the convicts in the Republic of Byelarus are substantiated.