Active tuberculosis screening among the displaced population fleeing Ukraine, France, February to October 2022

Persons fleeing Ukraine since February 2022 have potentially higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) vs all European Union countries. Interest of active TB screening among this population is debated and not widely adopted. In this screening intervention by a network of TB centres in France, the number need...

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Autores principales: Guthmann, Jean-Paul, Fraisse, Philippe, Bonnet, Isabelle, Robert, Jérôme
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2023
Materias:
Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10037662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36951786
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.12.2300155
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Sumario:Persons fleeing Ukraine since February 2022 have potentially higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) vs all European Union countries. Interest of active TB screening among this population is debated and not widely adopted. In this screening intervention by a network of TB centres in France, the number needed to screen (NNS) was 862 to find one case. This experience shows that this strategy may be relevant for TB control in situations of massive displacement, similar to that following the Russian invasion.

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