Recent Travel and Tuberculosis in Migrants: Data From a low Incidence Country-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Recent Travel and Tuberculosis in Migrants: Data From a low Incidence Country

Published:2023-11-06 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1058-4838
Container-title:Clinical Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Schwalb Alvaro¹²³^ORCID,Kayumba Kumvana²,Houben Rein M G J¹²^ORCID,Bothamley Graham H⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. TB Modelling Group, TB Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , London , United Kingdom

2. Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , London , United Kingdom

3. Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia , Lima , Peru

4. Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , London , United Kingdom

5. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Homerton University Hospital , London , United Kingdom

Abstract

Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates among migrants are higher than those in low-incidence countries. We evaluated smear-positive, pulmonary TB notifications of foreign-born individuals, comparing time since arrival and time since last return travel to the country of origin. TB incidence suggests a time course consistent with recent infection during travel.

Funder

European Research Council

Fogarty International Center

National Institutes of Health

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciad672/53921206/ciad672.pdf

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