ArticleInternational health2016
Lessons learnt from TB screening in closed immigration centres in Italy.
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- Epidemiology of HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Viral Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis Among Incarcerated Transgender People: A Case of Limited Data.Epidemiologic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- A Scoping Review of Health Outcomes Among Transgender Migrants.Transgender health · 2022Article
- Tuberculosis in schools: an outbreak in northeastern Italy and some key health protection interventions.Croatian medical journal · 2021Article
- Tuberculosis among Migrant Populations in Sicily: A Field Report.Journal of tropical medicine · 2021Article
- Extended screening for infectious diseases among newly-arrived asylum seekers from Africa and Asia, Verona province, Italy, April 2014 to June 2015.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2018Observational
- Active Tuberculosis Case Finding Interventions Among Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Italy.Infectious disease reports · 2016Article
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12 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundBetween June 2012 and December 2013 Médecins Sans Frontières launched a pilot project with the aim of testing a strategy for improving timely diagnosis of active pulmonary TB among migrants hosted in four centres of identification and expulsion (CIE) in Italy.
methodsThis is a descriptive study. For active TB case finding we used an active symptom screening approach among migrants at admission in four CIE's. Here we describe the feasibility and the yield of this programme.
resultsOverall, 3588 migrants were screened, among whom 87 (2.4%) had a positive questionnaire. Out of 30 migrants referred for further investigations, three were diagnosed as having TB, or 0.1% out of 3588 individuals that underwent screening. Twenty-five (29%, 25/87) migrants with positive questionnaires were not referred for further investigation, following the doctors' decision; however, for 32 (37%, 32/87) migrants the diagnostic work-out was not completed. In multivariate analyses, being over 35 years (OR 1.7; 95% CI 1.1-2.6) and being transgender (OR 4.9; 95% CI 2.1-11.7), was associated with a positive questionnaire.
conclusionsTB screening with symptom screening questionnaires of migrants at admission in closed centres is feasible. However, to improve the yield, follow-up of patients with symptoms or signs suggestive for TB needs to be improved.
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