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Tuberculosis in the European Region
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic and migration flow due to socioeconomic conditions, climate change, and geopolitical issues, such as the war, are important drivers influencing TB epidemiology in Europe. This article aims to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10220343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37363046 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40475-023-00287-8 |
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author | Mencarini, Jessica Spinicci, Michele Zammarchi, Lorenzo Bartoloni, Alessandro |
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description | PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic and migration flow due to socioeconomic conditions, climate change, and geopolitical issues, such as the war, are important drivers influencing TB epidemiology in Europe. This article aims to review the data about TB in this area and the new findings about treatment and prevention strategies. RECENT FINDINGS: During the COVID-19 pandemic, access to health facilities and retention in care were difficult for TB patients, with consequences on TB diagnosis and TB incidence. The ongoing conflict in Europe, in areas with high prevalence of TB and MDR-TB, has reduced the access to health services and the availability of anti-TB drugs and increased the migration of refugees. New data on short treatment regimens could change the length of therapy and adverse events. SUMMARY: TB control programs are facing emerging challenges that could change TB incidence in the near future. Novel antibiotic strategies and improved preventive policies could offer new opportunities to reduce the TB impact on public health. |
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spelling | pubmed-102203432023-05-30 Tuberculosis in the European Region Mencarini, Jessica Spinicci, Michele Zammarchi, Lorenzo Bartoloni, Alessandro Curr Trop Med Rep Article PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic and migration flow due to socioeconomic conditions, climate change, and geopolitical issues, such as the war, are important drivers influencing TB epidemiology in Europe. This article aims to review the data about TB in this area and the new findings about treatment and prevention strategies. RECENT FINDINGS: During the COVID-19 pandemic, access to health facilities and retention in care were difficult for TB patients, with consequences on TB diagnosis and TB incidence. The ongoing conflict in Europe, in areas with high prevalence of TB and MDR-TB, has reduced the access to health services and the availability of anti-TB drugs and increased the migration of refugees. New data on short treatment regimens could change the length of therapy and adverse events. SUMMARY: TB control programs are facing emerging challenges that could change TB incidence in the near future. Novel antibiotic strategies and improved preventive policies could offer new opportunities to reduce the TB impact on public health. Springer International Publishing 2023-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10220343/ /pubmed/37363046 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40475-023-00287-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Mencarini, Jessica Spinicci, Michele Zammarchi, Lorenzo Bartoloni, Alessandro Tuberculosis in the European Region |
title | Tuberculosis in the European Region |
title_full | Tuberculosis in the European Region |
title_fullStr | Tuberculosis in the European Region |
title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculosis in the European Region |
title_short | Tuberculosis in the European Region |
title_sort | tuberculosis in the european region |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10220343/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37363046 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40475-023-00287-8 |
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