Reply: Tuberculosis screening in migrants to the EU/EEA and UK

Extract We would like to thank N. Köhler and co-workers for their correspondence regarding our recent paper [1], comparing and contrasting it with their large pan-European study. Their study collected aggregate country-specific tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates as measured by infectious disease surveillance systems in the country of arrival (CoA) [2] and compared these to World Health Organization (WHO) TB incidence estimates from their respective country of origin (CoO). The authors found considerable differences between these incidence rates and conclude that there are many factors, other than incidence in the CoO, which determine TB risk. The authors therefore call for more granular screening policies which consider a wider range of factors including country-specific incidence as measured in CoAs.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Respiratory infections and tuberculosis Correspondence Source Type: research