Screening of migrants for tuberculosis identifies patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis but is not sufficient

Affiliations

• ¹ Federal Office of Public Health, 3003 Bern, Switzerland.
• ² Robert Koch Institute, Postbox 650261, 13302 Berlin, Germany.
• ³ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Tomtebodavägen 11a, 17165 Solna, Sweden.
• ⁴ IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 60 20132 Milano, Italy.
• ⁵ Public Health Agency of Sweden, Department of Microbiology, Nobels väg 18, 17182 Solna, Sweden.
• ⁶ Santé Publique France, Infectious Diseases Department, 12 Rue du Val d'Osne Saint-Maurice, France.
• ⁷ National Institute for Health and Welfare, Department of Health Security, Mannerheimintie 166, 00270 Helsinki, Finland.
• ⁸ State Public Health Office of Baden-Württemberg, Nordbahnhofstraße 135, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany; European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Tomtebodavägen 11a, 17165 Solna, Sweden.
• ⁹ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Tomtebodavägen 11a, 17165 Solna, Sweden. Electronic address: marieke.vanderwerf@ecdc.europa.eu.