Preventing and controlling tuberculosis among refugees in Europe: more is needed

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¹ World Health Organization Office at the European Union, Brussels, Belgium.
² National Institute for TB, Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Catholic University Ruzomberok, Vysne Hagy, Slovakia.
³ Translational Research Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, L. Spallanzani, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari - Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
⁵ WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Tradate, Italy.
⁶ WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Tradate, Italy Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland.
⁷ EU Affairs Dept, European Respiratory Society, Brussels, Belgium.
⁸ University Respiratory Medicine Unit, Evgenidio Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁹ WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Tradate, Italy giovannibattista.migliori@fsm.it.

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¹ World Health Organization Office at the European Union, Brussels, Belgium.
² National Institute for TB, Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Catholic University Ruzomberok, Vysne Hagy, Slovakia.
³ Translational Research Unit, National Institute for Infectious Diseases, L. Spallanzani, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari - Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
⁵ WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Tradate, Italy.
⁶ WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Tradate, Italy Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland.
⁷ EU Affairs Dept, European Respiratory Society, Brussels, Belgium.
⁸ University Respiratory Medicine Unit, Evgenidio Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁹ WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Tradate, Italy giovannibattista.migliori@fsm.it.

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Preventing and controlling tuberculosis among refugees in Europe: more needed for high-risk populations.
de Vries G, van Rest J, Meijer W, Wolters B, van Hest R, Kimerling M. de Vries G, et al. Eur Respir J. 2016 Jul;48(1):274-6. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00575-2016. Eur Respir J. 2016. PMID: 27365510 No abstract available.

Low yield of screening asylum seekers from countries with a tuberculosis incidence of <50 per 100 000 population.
de Vries G, van Rest J, Meijer W, Wolters B, van Hest R. de Vries G, et al. Eur Respir J. 2016 Jun;47(6):1870-2. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00099-2016. Epub 2016 Mar 10. Eur Respir J. 2016. PMID: 26965289 No abstract available.