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ArticleFrontiers in public health2025

Syrian civil war and assessment of tuberculosis among Syrian refugees and local citizens in Mardin.

Barış Çil, Mehmet Kabak, Mehmet Sinan Bodur, Erkan Sanmak, Güldan Güneş, Yusuf Alakaş, Nicolai Savaskan, Hamdiye Turan, Hamza Oktay

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Barış ÇilDepartment of Chest Diseases, Mardin Training and Research Hospital, Mardin, Türkiye.
Mehmet KabakDepartment of Pulmonary Diseases, Mardin Artuklu University Faculty of Medicine, Mardin, Türkiye.
Mehmet Sinan BodurDepartment of Pulmonology, Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Türkiye.
Erkan SanmakDepartment of Microbiology, Mardin Training and Research Hospital, Mardin, Türkiye.
Güldan GüneşMardin Provincial Health Directorate, Tuberculosis Dispensary, Mardin, Türkiye.
Yusuf AlakaşDepartment of Child Health and Diseases, Mardin Training and Research Hospital, Mardin, Türkiye.
Nicolai SavaskanPublic Health Authority Gesundheitsamt Neukölln, Berlin, Germany.
Hamdiye TuranDepartment of Pulmonary Diseases, Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Şanlıurfa, Türkiye.
Hamza OktayDepartment of Chest Diseases, Mardin Training and Research Hospital, Mardin, Türkiye.

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Background: We compared tuberculosis (TB) characteristics and outcomes between Syrian refugees and local citizens in Mardin, Turkey (2016-2023), a border province with substantial population mobility. Methods: Retrospective, registry-based cross-sectional analysis of 491 patients (locals Results: BCG-scar positivity was lower in refugees than locals (62.9% vs. 93.2%, Conclusion: Differences likely reflect operational barriers-especially transfers disrupting continuity-rather than intrinsic factors. Refugee-inclusive TB services with robust inter-provincial transfer tracking, patient navigation, and expanded bacteriological testing (notably for extrapulmonary disease) should be prioritized. Given the small refugee subgroup and denominator uncertainties, findings are hypothesis-generating.

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