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ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2021

Estimating and Explaining the Prevalence of Tuberculosis for Asylum Seekers Upon Their Arrival in Germany.

S Stadtmüller, J Schröder, S Ehlers

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Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

S StadtmüllerGESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, P.O.Box 12 21 55, 68072, Mannheim, Germany. sven.stadtmueller@gesis.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2369-002X
J SchröderGESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, P.O.Box 12 21 55, 68072, Mannheim, Germany.
S EhlersResearch Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany.
GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences · DEResearch Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Up until recently incidences of tuberculosis (TB) had been declining for many years in Germany. The rise in TB cases coincided with a large increase in the number of people applying for asylum. We combine data from various sources to estimate the at-entry prevalence of TB for asylum seekers from 18 countries of origin and rely on survey data to explain the varying risk of suffering from TB. Our results reveal that asylum seekers from Eastern Africa show a much higher risk of suffering from TB than asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Syria, or Iraq. The survey data suggests that asylum seekers from Africa were by far more underprivileged in their respective countries of origin and experienced a higher risk of contracting TB on their way to Germany. Information about the socio-economic situation and the circumstances of the journey to Germany may help to improve TB surveillance.

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RefugeesTuberculosisGermanyHumansPrevalenceSyriaAsylum seekersAt-entry prevalenceGermanyHealthy migrant effectTuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID33355905
PMCPMC8599207
OpenAlexW3117461211

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