Yield of tuberculosis screening in asylum-seekers by country of origin: analysis of screening data in a German federal state (2002-2015)

Eur Respir J. 2017 Apr 19;49(4):1602327. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02327-2016. Print 2017 Apr.

Authors

Kayvan Bozorgmehr¹, Brigitte Joggerst², Ulrich Wagner³, Christian Stock⁴

Affiliations

¹ Dept of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany kayvan.bozorgmehr@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
² Public Health Authority, Pforzheim, Germany.
³ Public Health Authority, Section for Disease Control, Karlsruhe, Germany.
⁴ Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 28424363
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02327-2016

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Child
Female
Germany / epidemiology
Humans
Male
Mass Screening*
Middle Aged
Poisson Distribution
Refugees / statistics & numerical data*
Sex Distribution
Tuberculosis / diagnosis
Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
Young Adult