SynthesisThe European respiratory journal2014
Tuberculosis transmission between foreign- and native-born populations in the EU/EEA: a systematic review.
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- Transmission of tuberculosis between foreign-born and Finnish-born populations in Finland, 2014-2017.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Diagnostic pathways and delay among tuberculosis patients in Stockholm, Sweden: a retrospective observational study.BMC public health · 2019Observational
- The impact of migration on tuberculosis in the United States.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2018Review
- Genome-based transmission modelling separates imported tuberculosis from recent transmission within an immigrant population.Microbial genomics · 2018Article
- Defining a migrant-inclusive tuberculosis research agenda to end TB.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2018Review
- Notifiable infectious diseases in refugees and asylum seekers: experience from a major reception center in Munich, Germany.Infection · 2018Article
- Migration and tuberculosis transmission in a middle-income country: a cross-sectional study in a central area of São Paulo, Brazil.BMC medicine · 2018Article
- Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in British Columbia, Canada: A 10-Year Retrospective Study.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018Article
- A Predominant Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Cluster of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates among Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands and Denmark, Deciphered by Whole-Genome Sequencing.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2018Article
- Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Tasmania and genomic characterisation of its first known multi-drug resistant case.PloS one · 2018Article
- Tuberculosis, human rights and ethics considerations along the route of a highly vulnerable migrant from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2017Article
- Tuberculosis Outbreak in an Educational Institution in Norway.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) control programmes of many low TB incidence countries of the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) perceive challenges in controlling TB due to high numbers of TB in migrants from high-incidence countries. To assess the extent of TB transmission from the foreign-born to the native-born population, we quantitatively investigated the dynamics of TB transmission between these populations in the EU/EEA, using published molecular epidemiological studies. We searched PubMed and EMBASE databases from 1990 to August 2012. We identified 15 studies performed during 1992-2007 covering 12,366 cases, of which median (range) 49.2% (17.7%-86.4%) were foreign-born. The proportion of clustered isolates ranged between 8.5% and 49.1% of the total number of TB cases genotyped and among these, foreign-born cases were equally or more likely to have unique isolates compared to native-born cases. One third of the clusters were "mixed", i.e. composed of foreign- and native-born cases, involving 0-34.2% of all genotyped cases. Cross-transmission among foreign and native populations was bidirectional, with wide differences across studies. This systematic review provides evidence that TB in a foreign-born population does not have a significant influence on TB in the native population in EU/EEA.
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