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Evaluation of QuantiFERON-TB gold in-tube and tuberculin skin tests among immigrant children being screened for latent tuberculosis infection 2015

Authors

Howley M.M.*, Painter J.A., Katz D.J., Graviss E.A., Reves R., Beavers S.F., Garrett D.O.

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interferon-gamma release assay tuberculosis Tuberculin skin test Foreign birth Latent tuberculosis infection

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prospective study immigrant Mycobacterium tuberculosis test kit task performance mass screening ... 30 more keywords

Missed opportunities to prevent tuberculosis in foreign-born persons, Connecticut, 2005-2008 2011

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Guh A.*, Sosa L., Hadler J.L., Lobato M.N.

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immigrants Latent tuberculosis infection vulnerable population

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Vulnerable Populations Population Surveillance human immigration Self Report ... 36 more keywords

Acceptance of screening and completion of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection among refugee claimants in Canada 2004

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Levesque J.-F.*, Dongier P., Brassard P., Allard R.

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Preventive treatment Screening Refugees Latent tuberculosis infection

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primary medical care refugee mass screening Quebec human ... 28 more keywords

Screening and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection among asylum seekers entering Switzerland 2002

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Breuss E., Helbling P., Altpeter E., Zellweger J.-P.*

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Screening immigrants Preventive chemotherapy tuberculosis Latent tuberculosis infection

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immigrant mass screening human screening prescription ... 18 more keywords

Tuberculosis infection and disease in the 2015 cohort of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Northern Stockholm, Sweden 2017

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Bennet R.*, Eriksson M.

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unaccompanied minors Screening Asylum tuberculosis Quantiferon ... 1 more keyword

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Afghanistan Mycobacterium tuberculosis test kit refugee Eritrea mass screening ... 27 more keywords

Tuberculosis among immigrants [Tuberkulose bei Migranten] 2018

Authors

Diel R.*

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Chemotherapy Preventive medicine Infectious disease Mycobacterium tuberculosis Latent tuberculosis infection

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chemotherapy thorax radiography human latent tuberculosis tuberculosis ... 5 more keywords

Pre-immigration screening process and pulmonary tuberculosis among Ethiopian migrants in Israel 2008

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Mor Z.*, Lerman Y., Leventhal A.

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Screening Cost-effectiveness tuberculosis Israel Immigration ... 1 more keyword

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Israel Cost benefit analysis mass screening economics methodology ... 33 more keywords

Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Treatment Initiation and Completion Rates in Persons Seeking Immigration and Health Care Workers 2019

Authors

Lal A.*, Al Hammadi A., Rapose A.

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Treatment completion Health care workers Immigration Latent tuberculosis infection

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medical record review health care planning Massachusetts health care personnel follow up ... 14 more keywords

The epidemiology of childhood tuberculosis in the Netherlands: Still room for prevention 2014

Authors

Erkens C.G.M.*, de Vries G., Keizer S.T., Slump E., van den Hof S.

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Children tuberculosis Preventive therapy Contact investigation prevention ... 1 more keyword

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Netherlands immigrant mass screening risk human ... 27 more keywords

Adherence to latent tuberculosis infection therapy among latino immigrants 2006

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Ailinger R.L.*, Moore J.B., Nguyen N., Lasus H.

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immigrants Self-care LTBI Latinos adherence ... 1 more keyword

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South and Central America Latin America human District of Columbia ethnology ... 19 more keywords

Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Treatment Initiation and Completion Rates in Persons Seeking Immigration and Health Care Workers 2019

Authors

Lal A.*, Al Hammadi A., Rapose A.

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Treatment completion Immigration Health care workers Latent tuberculosis infection

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medical record review health care planning Massachusetts health care personnel follow up ... 14 more keywords

Mexican Immigrants’ Explanatory Model of Latent Tuberculosis Infection 2005

Authors

McEwen M.M.*

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Explanatory models critical ethnography U.S.-Mexico border health Mexican immigrants Latent tuberculosis infection

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education cultural anthropology Models, Psychological social psychology psychological model ... 34 more keywords

Latent tuberculosis may be missed by current screening practices: Analysis of interferon-gamma release assay results from a paediatric refugee clinic 2019

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Colgan K.*, Anderson J., Maycock A., Britton P.N., Mackenzie M., Isaacs D., Gunasekera H.

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Screening population health interferon-gamma release assay tuberculosis Refugee ... 1 more keyword

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patient transport human interferon gamma release assay priority journal screening test ... 17 more keywords

Factors associated with latent tuberculosis among asylum seekers in Switzerland: A cross-sectional study in Vaud County 2012

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Sarivalasis A.*, Zellweger J.-P., Faouzi M., Daher O., Deslarzes C., Bodenmann P.

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Predictive score tuberculosis risk factors interferon gamma release assay Asylum seeker ... 1 more keyword

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receiver operating characteristic predictive value human risk assessment Refugees ... 29 more keywords

Detection of latent tuberculosis infection among migrant farmworkers along the US-Mexico border 2016

Authors

Oren E.*, Fiero M.H., Barrett E., Anderson B., Nuñez M., Gonzalez-Salazar F.

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interferon-gamma release assay Latent tuberculosis infection Migrants Tuberculin skin test

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hyperglycemia Mycobacterium tuberculosis test kit demography agricultural worker human ... 39 more keywords

Language discordance and testing for latent tuberculosis infection among recent Asian and Latino immigrants 2011

Authors

Leng J.C.F., Changrani J., Gany F.M.

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Asians Interpreting methods Latinos Foreign-born population Testing ... 1 more keyword

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doctor patient relation Physician-Patient Relations Communication Barriers South and Central America Latin America ... 27 more keywords

Tuberculosis screening for children and adolescents ‹ 15 years seeking asylum in Germany: Statement of the working group for AWMF guideline on tuberculosis in childhood and adolescence: diagnostics, prevention, and treatment, under the leadership of The German Society for Paediatric Infectiology [Tuberkulosescreening bei asylsuchenden Kindern und Jugendlichen › 15 Jahren in Deutschland: Stellungnahme der Arbeitsgruppe AWMF-Leitlinie Tuberkulose im Kindes- und Jugendalter: Diagnostik, Prävention und Therapie unter Federführung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Infektiologie] 2015

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Ritz N., Brinkmann F., Feiterna-Sperling C., Hauer B., Haas W.*

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interferon-gamma release assay Recommendations Tuberculin skin test Tuberculosis, pulmonary Latent tuberculosis infection

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medical society thorax radiography interferon gamma release assay diagnostic procedure Germany ... 13 more keywords

QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test in the identification of latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants 2007

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Carvalho A.C.C.*, Pezzoli M.C., El-Hamad I., Arce P., Bigoni S., Scarcella C., Indelicato A.M., Scolari C., Carosi G., Matteelli A.

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immigrants QuantiFERON®-TB Gold CFP 10 ESAT-6 Latent tuberculosis infection

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immigrant mass screening multivariate logistic regression analysis human middle aged ... 24 more keywords

Latent tuberculosis infection in a migrant agricultural community in Baja California, Mexico 2011

Authors

Garfein R.S.*, Burgos J.L., Rodriquez-Lainz A., Brodine S., Pietrucha A., Rondinelli A., Laniado-Laborin R., Ibarra E., Cañez A., Fraga M.

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QuantiFERON-TB Gold tuberculosis migrant Border region Mexico ... 1 more keyword

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California Interviews as Topic male latent tuberculosis female ... 11 more keywords

High rate of latent tuberculosis treatment completion in immigrants seeking asylum in Sweden 2018

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Olsson O.*, Winqvist N., Olsson M., Olsson P., Björkman P.

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Europe Tuberculosis prevention Low-burden settings Migrant health Latent tuberculosis infection

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immigrant refugee mass screening demography multivariate logistic regression analysis ... 48 more keywords