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Incarcerated people in the US are at high risk of tuberculosis (TB) because of various structural failures in the criminal justice system. A group of

Incarcerated people in the US are at high risk of tuberculosis (TB) because of various structural failures in the criminal justice system. A group of newly sentenced people were screened for TB at the start of their prison terms and 2 out of 148 tested positive. Three years later, all the prisoners were still incarcerated. A second TB screening found that there were 28 incident cases of TB and the first 2 patients with TB had fully healed in that time.

  1. What was the prevalence of TB at the time of incarceration in this population (per 100 people)? Please round your answer to 2 decimal places
  2. What was the prevalence of TB at the time of the second screening (per 100 people)? Please round your answer to 2 decimal places.

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