ReviewPneumonia (Nathan Qld.)2020
Tuberculosis in migrants - screening, surveillance and ethics.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis in Migrants: a Systematic Review.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2024Pooled it
- Data Completeness and Acceptability of Annual Feedback Reports and Tuberculosis Surveillance in Spain, 2018-2024: Mixed Methods Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
- Tuberculosis among foreign-born populations in the Western Pacific Region: emerging trends and analysis from 2008 to 2023.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
- Evaluating Canada's initiative of enhanced screening for tuberculosis infection in migrants: Implementation lessons from Alberta.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2025Article
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- Approaches and results of intersectoral actions for tuberculosis control in the world: A scoping review.PloS one · 2025Article
- Community-Wide Active Case Finding for Tuberculosis: Time to Use the Evidence We Have.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Review
- Migration and medical screening for tuberculosis.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2023Review
- Importance of Tuberculosis Screening of Resident Visa Applicants in Low TB Incidence Settings: Experience from Oman.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2022Article
- Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Children Migrating to Australia.Emerging infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Characterizing tuberculosis transmission dynamics in high-burden urban and rural settings.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Screening for Tuberculosis in Migrants: A Survey by the Global Tuberculosis Network.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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- Spatial clustering and temporal trend analysis of international migrants diagnosed with tuberculosis in Brazil.PloS one · 2021Article
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5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of human mortality and is responsible for nearly 2 million deaths every year. It is often regarded as a 'silent killer' because it predominantly affects the poor and marginalized, and disease outbreaks occur in 'slow motion' compared to Ebola or coronavirus 2 (COVID-19). In low incidence countries, TB is predominantly an imported disease and TB control in migrants is pivotal for countries to progress towards TB elimination in accordance with the World Health Organisations (WHO's) End TB strategy. This review provides a brief overview of the different screening approaches and surveillance processes that are in place in low TB incidence countries. It also includes a detailed discussion of the ethical issues related to TB screening of migrants in these settings and the different interests that need to be balanced. Given recognition that a holistic approach that recognizes and respects basic human rights is required to end TB, the review considers the complexities that require consideration in low-incidence countries that are aiming for TB elimination.
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