Preventing and controlling tuberculosis among refugees in Europe: more needed for high-risk populations

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¹ KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands Centre for Infectious Diseases Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands gerard.devries@kncvtbc.org.
² KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands.
³ Dept of TB Control, Municipal Public Health Services Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Dept of TB Control, Municipal Public Health Services Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁵ Dept of TB Control, Municipal Public Health Services Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Dept of TB Control, Municipal Public Health Services Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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Gerard de Vries et al. Eur Respir J. 2016 Jul.

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doi: 10.1183/13993003.00575-2016.

¹ KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands Centre for Infectious Diseases Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands gerard.devries@kncvtbc.org.
² KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands.
³ Dept of TB Control, Municipal Public Health Services Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Dept of TB Control, Municipal Public Health Services Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁵ Dept of TB Control, Municipal Public Health Services Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Dept of TB Control, Municipal Public Health Services Rotterdam-Rijnmond, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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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.
Preventing and controlling tuberculosis among refugees in Europe: more is needed.
Dara M, Solovic I, Goletti D, Sotgiu G, Centis R, D'Ambrosio L, Ward B, Teixeira V, Gratziou C, Migliori GB. Dara M, et al. Eur Respir J. 2016 Jul;48(1):272-4. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00329-2016. Eur Respir J. 2016. PMID: 27365509 No abstract available.