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. 2023 Nov 2;62(5):2301535.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01535-2023. Print 2023 Nov.

Reply: Tuberculosis screening in migrants to the EU/EEA and UK

Dominik Zenner  1   2   3   4 , Frank Cobelens  3   4 , Ibrahim Abubakar  5
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Reply: Tuberculosis screening in migrants to the EU/EEA and UK

Dominik Zenner et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Tuberculosis incidence estimates from countries of origin alone are often insufficient to predict TB prevalence among migrants https://bit.ly/3PDc35g

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: D. Zenner reports grants from Barts Charity, La Caixa Foundation and the European Commission (709624). F. Cobelens and I. Abubakar have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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