ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2016
Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Immigrant and Refugee Children Arriving in the United States: 2010.
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- Prevalence of Tuberculosis among migrants under national screening programs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Global health research and policy · 2025Pooled it
- Active and latent tuberculosis in refugees and asylum seekers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Isoniazid for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The Pediatric infectious disease journal · 2018Pooled it
- Caring for resettled refugee children in the United States: guidelines, challenges and public health perspectives.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Children Migrating to Australia.Emerging infectious diseases · 2022Article
- US Postarrival Evaluation of Immigrant and Refugee Children with Latent Tuberculosis Infection Diagnosed Overseas, 2007-2019.The Journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Four months of rifampicin monotherapy for latent tuberculosis infection in children.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2022Article
- Overseas Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in US-Bound Immigrants.Emerging infectious diseases · 2022Article
- A scoping review of paediatric latent tuberculosis infection care cascades: initial steps are lacking.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- Tuberculosis among Newly Arrived Immigrants and Refugees in the United States.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2020Article
- Tuberculosis in Internationally Displaced Children Resettling in Harris County, Texas, USA, 2010-2015Emerging infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Prevalence of latent tuberculosis among refugee children in Malaysia.ERJ open research · 2020Article
- Immigrant and Refugee Health: A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Perspective on Protecting the Health and Health Security of Individuals and Communities During Planned Migrations.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2019Review
- Health needs of refugee children identified on arrival in reception countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ paediatrics open · 2019Review
- Tuberculosis Specific Interferon-Gamma Production in a Current Refugee Cohort in Western Europe.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Immigrants and refugees age 2-14 years entering the United States from countries with estimated tuberculosis (TB) incidence rate ≥20 per 100,000 population are screened for TB. Children with TB disease are treated before US arrival. Children with positive tuberculin skin tests (TST), but negative TB evaluation during their pre-immigration examination, are classified with latent TB infection (LTBI) and are recommended for re-evaluation post-arrival. We examined post-immigration TB evaluation and therapy for children arriving with LTBI. We reviewed medical exam data from immigrant children with medical conditions and all refugee children arriving during 2010. Medical examination data were available for 67,334 children. Of these, 8231 (12 %) had LTBI pre-immigration; 5749 (70 %) were re-evaluated for TB post-immigration, and 64 % were retested by TST or IGRA. The pre-immigration LTBI diagnosis was changed for 38 % when retested by TST and for 71 % retested by IGRA. Estimated LTBI therapy initiation and completion rates were 68 and 12 %. In this population, testing with IGRA may limit the number of children targeted for therapy. Increased pre-immigration TB screening with post-immigration follow-up evaluation leading to completion of LTBI therapy should be encouraged to prevent TB reactivation.
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