Tuberculosis incidence in foreign-born people residing in European countries in 2020

European-specific policies for tuberculosis (TB) elimination require identification of key populations that benefit from TB screening. We aimed to identify groups of foreign-born individuals residing in European countries that benefit most from targeted TB prevention screening. The Tuberculosis Netw...

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Autores: Vasiliu, Anca, Köhler, Niklas, Altpeter, Ekkehardt, Ægisdóttir, Tinna Rán, Amerali, Marina, de Oñate, Wouter Arrazola, Bakos, Ágnes, D'Amato, Stefania, Cirillo, Daniela Maria, van Crevel, Reinout, Davidaviciene, Edita, Demuth, Irène, Domínguez, José|||0000-0001-7888-0309, Duarte, Raquel, Günther, Gunar, Guthmann, Jean-Paul, Hatzianastasiou, Sophia, Holm, Louise Hedevang, Herrador, Zaida, Hribar, Urška, Huberty, Conny, Ibraim, Elmira, Jackson, Sarah, Jensenius, Mogens, Josefsdottir, Kamilla Sigridur, Koch, Anders, Korzeniewska-Kosela, Maria, Kuksa, Liga, Kunst, Heinke, Lienhardt, Christian, Mahler, Beatrice, Makek, Mateja Janković, Muylle, Inge, Normark, Johan, Pace-Asciak, Analita, Petrović, Goranka, Pieridou, Despo, Russo, Giulia, Rzhepishevska, Olena, Salzer, Helmut J.F., Marques, Marta Sá, Schmid, Daniela, Solovic, Ivan, Sukholytka, Mariya, Svetina, Petra, Tyufekchieva, Mariya, Vasankari, Tuula, Viiklepp, Piret, Villand, Kersti, Wallenfels, Jiri, Wesolowski, Stefan, Mandalakas, Anna-Maria, Martinez, Leonardo, Zenner, Dominik, Lange, Christoph|||0000-0002-9691-4741
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:317387
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/317387
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.42.2300051
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Migrants
Policy
Prevention
Refugees
TB
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Sumario:European-specific policies for tuberculosis (TB) elimination require identification of key populations that benefit from TB screening. We aimed to identify groups of foreign-born individuals residing in European countries that benefit most from targeted TB prevention screening. The Tuberculosis Network European Trials group collected, by cross-sectional survey, numbers of foreign-born TB patients residing in European Union (EU) countries, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020 from the 10 highest ranked countries of origin in terms of TB cases in each country of residence. Tuberculosis incidence rates (IRs) in countries of residence were compared with countries of origin. Data on 9,116 foreign-born TB patients in 30 countries of residence were collected. Main countries of origin were Eritrea, India, Pakistan, Morocco, Romania and Somalia. Tuberculosis IRs were highest in patients of Eritrean and Somali origin in Greece and Malta (both.

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