Epidemiologia e prevenzione
Volume 17, Issue 57, 1993, Pages 267-271

The impact of immigration from high incidence countries on the epidemiology of tuberculosis [Impatto sull'epidemiologia della tubercolosi dell'immigrazione da paesi ad alta incidenza.] (Article)

Bugiani M.* , Piccioni P. , Cavallero M. , Carosso A. , Arossa W.
  • a Servizio di Precenzione Antitubercolare, USSL, VII., Torino, Italy
  • b Servizio di Precenzione Antitubercolare, USSL, VII., Torino, Italy
  • c Servizio di Precenzione Antitubercolare, USSL, VII., Torino, Italy
  • d Servizio di Precenzione Antitubercolare, USSL, VII., Torino, Italy
  • e Servizio di Precenzione Antitubercolare, USSL, VII., Torino, Italy

Abstract

Immigration in Italy from developing countries is a recent problem and the possible consequences on public health must be taken into account. The present study reports the results of Tuberculosis control activities performed by the Dispensario di Igiene Sociale of Turin, related to this population. Up to now the available data suggest that the immigrant population (mainly from North Africa and Senegal), in spite of representing a small part of residents (approximately 33,000/1,000,000) contributes to one third of Tuberculosis cases. The consequences on Tuberculosis epidemiology in Italy and our operational experience on Tuberculosis control and prevention are discussed.

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Index Keywords

Tuberculosis, Pulmonary health status Emigration and Immigration Italy Incidence Article migration human Humans public health lung tuberculosis
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ISSN: 11209763
Cited by: 2
Original Language: Italian