Basta PC, Marques M, Oliveira RL, Cunha EA, Resendes AP, Souza-Santos R, Social inequalities and tuberculosis: an analysis by race/color in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 2013, Rev Saude Publica;47(5):854-64.

This paper analyse the socio-demographic inequalities in TB and the factors associated with abandoning of treatment. The paper points out that while indigenous people have higher proportion of TB incidence, poor program performance was strongly associated with abandoning treatment and death.