Tuberculosis case finding based on symptom screening among immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Rome

Background In Italy the proportion of cases of tuberculosis in persons originating from high-prevalence countries has been increasing in the last decade. We designed a study to assess adherence to and yield of a tuberculosis screening programme based on symptom screening conducted at primary care ce...

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Published in:	BMC Public Health Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 872 - 19 pages
Main Authors:	Sañé Schepisi, Monica, Gualano, Gina, Fellus, Claudia, Bevilacqua, Nazario, Vecchi, Marco, Piselli, Pierluca, Battagin, Giuliana, Silvestrini, Giulia, Attanasio, Andrea, Vela, Alberto, Rocca, Giorgia, Rinaldi, Alessandro, Benedetti, Pietro, Geraci, Salvatore, Lauria, Francesco Nicola, Girardi, Enrico
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Springer Science and Business Media LLC 22.09.2013 BioMed Central BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adult Africa South of the Sahara Africa South of the Sahara - ethnology Biostatistics Biostatistics and methods Control Diagnosis Environmental Health Epidemiology Female Health aspects Health services Humans Immigrants Infectious diseases Investigations Male Mass Screening Mass Screening - methods Medical screening Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Migrants Mycobacterium Prevalence Preventive Health Services Primary care Public Health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Questionnaires Refugees Research Article Risk factors Rome Rome - epidemiology Statistical analysis Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - prevention & control Vaccine Africa South of the Sahara Rome Italy Rome Italy Active case finding Access to care Migrants Tuberculosis Adherence to screening
ISSN:	1471-2458, 1471-2458
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