Migration, TB control and elimination: Whom to screen and treat

A Rendon; R Centis; J-P Zellweger; I Solovic; C A Torres-Duque; C Robalo Cordeiro; F C de Queiroz Mello; D Manissero; G Sotgiu

doi:10.1016/j.rppnen.2017.11.007

Migration, TB control and elimination: Whom to screen and treat

Pulmonology. 2018 Mar-Apr;24(2):99-105. doi: 10.1016/j.rppnen.2017.11.007. Epub 2017 Dec 29.

Authors

A Rendon¹, R Centis², J-P Zellweger³, I Solovic⁴, C A Torres-Duque⁵, C Robalo Cordeiro⁶, F C de Queiroz Mello⁷, D Manissero⁸, G Sotgiu⁹

Affiliations

¹ Center for Research, Prevention and Treatment of Respiratory Infections, University Hospital of Monterrey, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico.
² World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Maugeri Care and Research Institute, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.
³ TB Competence Center, Swiss Lung Association, Berne, Switzerland.
⁴ National Institute for TB, Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Vysne Hagy, Catholic University Ruzomberok, Slovakia.
⁵ Fundación Neumológica Colombiana, Universidad de La Sabana, Bogotá, Colombia.
⁶ Pulmonology Department, Coimbra University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
⁷ Thoracic Diseases Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁸ University College of London, Institute for Global Health, London, United Kingdom.
⁹ Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy. Electronic address: gsotgiu@uniss.it.

PMID: 29292196
DOI: 10.1016/j.rppnen.2017.11.007

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) in migrants represents an important clinical and public health threat, particularly in low TB incidence countries. The current review is aimed to assess issues related to screening and treatment of migrants with latent TB infection or TB disease.

Keywords: TB control screening; TB elimination; TB migrants.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Latent Tuberculosis / diagnosis
Latent Tuberculosis / drug therapy
Latent Tuberculosis / prevention & control
Transients and Migrants*
Tuberculosis / diagnosis
Tuberculosis / drug therapy
Tuberculosis / prevention & control*