ArticleBMC public health2010
The role of entry screening in case finding of tuberculosis among asylum seekers in Norway.
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- Number needed to screen for TB in clinical, structural or occupational risk groups.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2022Pooled it
- Active and latent tuberculosis in refugees and asylum seekers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Import and transmission of Mycobacterium orygis and Mycobacterium africanum, Norway.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Immigrant screening for latent tuberculosis infection: numbers needed to test and treat, a Norwegian population-based cohort study.BMJ open · 2019Article
- A Cost-benefit Analysis of a Proposed Immigrant Latent Tuberculosis Infection Screening Program for Cyprus.Materia socio-medica · 2016Article
- Active Tuberculosis Case Finding Interventions Among Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Italy.Infectious disease reports · 2016Article
- Description of the largest cluster of tuberculosis notified in Norway 1997-2011: is the Norwegian tuberculosis control programme serving its purpose for high risk groups?BMC public health · 2015Article
- Hopelessness as a basis for tuberculosis diagnostic delay in the Arkhangelsk region: a grounded theory study.BMC public health · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundMost new cases of active tuberculosis in Norway are presently caused by imported strains and not transmission within the country. Screening for tuberculosis with a Mantoux test of everybody and a chest X-ray of those above 15 years of age is compulsory on arrival for asylum seekers.We aimed to assess the effectiveness of entry screening of a cohort of asylum seekers. Cases detected by screening were compared with cases detected later. Further we have characterized cases with active tuberculosis.
methodsAll asylum seekers who arrived at the National Reception Centre between January 2005--June 2006 with an abnormal chest X-ray or a Mantoux test ≥ 6 mm were included in the study and followed through the health care system. They were matched with the National Tuberculosis Register by the end of May 2008.Cases reported within two months after arrival were defined as being detected by screening.
resultsOf 4643 eligible asylum seekers, 2237 were included in the study. Altogether 2077 persons had a Mantoux ≥ 6 mm and 314 had an abnormal chest X-ray. Of 28 cases with tuberculosis, 15 were detected by screening, and 13 at 4-27 months after arrival. Abnormal X-rays on arrival were more prevalent among those detected by screening. Female gender and Somalian origin increased the risk for active TB.
conclusionIn spite of an imperfect follow-up of screening results, a reasonable number of TB cases was identified by the programme, with a predominance of pulmonary TB.
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