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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2016

Identifying components for programmatic latent tuberculosis infection control in the European Union.

Andreas Sandgren, Jannigje M Vonk Noordegraaf-Schouten, Anouk M Oordt-Speets, Gerarda B van Kessel, Sake J de Vlas, Marieke J van der Werf

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Policy and practice of programmatic management of latent tuberculosis infection in The Netherlands.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Andreas SandgrenEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
Jannigje M Vonk Noordegraaf-Schouten
Anouk M Oordt-Speets
Gerarda B van Kessel
Sake J de Vlas
Marieke J van der Werf

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individuals with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) are the reservoir of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a population and as long as this reservoir exists, elimination of tuberculosis (TB) will not be feasible. In 2013, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) started an assessment of benefits and risks of introducing programmatic LTBI control, with the aim of providing guidance on how to incorporate LTBI control into national TB strategies in European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) Member States and candidate countries. In a first step, experts from the Member States, candidate countries, and international and national organisations were consulted on the components of programmatic LTBI control that should be considered and evaluated in literature reviews, mathematical models and cost-effectiveness studies. This was done through a questionnaire and two interactive discussion rounds. The main components identified were identification and targeting of risk groups, determinants of LTBI and progression to active TB, optimal diagnostic tests for LTBI, effective preventive treatment regimens, and to explore the potential for combining LTBI control with other health programmes. Political commitment, a solid healthcare infrastructure, and favourable economic situation in specific countries were identified as essential to facilitate the implementation of programmatic LTBI control.

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Practice Guidelines as TopicAntitubercular AgentsEuropean UnionHumansLatent TuberculosisMycobacterium tuberculosisProgram DevelopmentRisk FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesTuberculin TestTuberculosisAntitubercular Agentshealth policyinfectious diseaselatent tuberculosis infectionMycobacterium tuberculosisPrevention and controlpublic health

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PMID27589214
PMCPMC5144935

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