Tuberculosis screening during the 2015 European refugee crisis

The purpose of our study was to describe and evaluate management, performance and results of Tuberculosis (TB)-screening among refugees and asylum seekers in a rural area in Germany in 2015. Refugees or asylum seekers, staying in shared-accommodation are obligated to participate on screening chest X...

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Published in:	BMC public health Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 200
Main Authors:	Tewes, Susanne, Hensen, Bennet, Jablonka, Alexandra, Gawe, Dana, Kastikainen, Maija, Happle, Christine, Carlens, Julia, Berthold, Lars-Daniel, Wacker, Frank
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BioMed Central Ltd 07-02-2020 BioMed Central BMC
Subjects:	Abnormalities Adolescent Adult Age Aged Algorithms Biological response modifiers Bronchoscopy Calcification Calcification (Physiology) Cavitation Chest Chest X-ray Chest x-rays Cohort Studies Demographic aspects Diagnosis Diagnostic imaging Diagnostic systems Effusion Emigration and immigration Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data Europe Female Germany - epidemiology Health aspects Health care Humans Infection Infections Interferon Male Mass Screening Middle Aged Migration Onsite Pleural effusion Population Public health Public health movements Refugee Refugees Refugees - statistics & numerical data Rural areas Scars Screening Sputum Statistical analysis Statistics Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology Womens health Young Adult γ-Interferon Europe Germany United States > US Infection Screening Refugee Tuberculosis Chest X-ray Migration
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