Screening for Tuberculosis in Migrants: A Survey by the Global Tuberculosis Network

Screening for Tuberculosis in Migrants: A Survey by the Global Tuberculosis Network

Tuberculosis (TB) does not respect borders, and migration confounds global TB control and elimination. Systematic screening of immigrants from TB high burden settings and—to a lesser degree TB infection (TBI)—is recommended in most countries with a low incidence of TB. The aim of the study was to ev...

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Main Authors: Lia D’Ambrosio, Rosella Centis, Claudia C. Dobler, Simon Tiberi, Alberto Matteelli, Justin Denholm, Dominik Zenner, Seif Al-Abri, Fatma Alyaquobi, Marcos Abdo Arbex, Evgeny Belilovskiy, François-Xavier Blanc, Sergey Borisov, Anna Cristina C. Carvalho, Jeremiah Muhwa Chakaya, Nicola Cocco, Luigi Ruffo Codecasa, Margareth Pretti Dalcolmo, Keertan Dheda, Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan, Susanna R. Esposito, José-María García-García, Yang Li, Selene Manga, Valentina Marchese, Marcela Muñoz Torrico, Emanuele Pontali, Adrián Rendon, Denise Rossato Silva, Rupak Singla, Ivan Solovic, Giovanni Sotgiu, Martin van den Boom, Nguyen Viet Nhung, Jean-Pierre Zellweger, Giovanni Battista Migliori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
TB
migration
COVID-19
TB infection management
prevention
infection control
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/11/1355

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