Recent Travel and Tuberculosis in Migrants: Data From a Low-Incidence Country.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 37939790.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/cid/ciad672 and PMC identifier 10954334.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates among migrants are higher than those in low-incidence countries. We evaluated smear-positive, pulmonary TB notifications of foreign-born individuals, comparing time since arrival and time since last return travel to the country of origin. TB incidence suggests a time course consistent with recent infection during travel.
Medical subject headings
- Transients and Migrants
- Tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary