Migration and tuberculosis in the UK: targeting screening for latent infection to those at greatest risk of disease

Michelle E Kruijshaar; Ibrahim Abubakar; Helen R Stagg; Debora Pedrazzoli; Marc Lipman

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203254

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Migration and tuberculosis in the UK: targeting screening for latent infection to those at greatest risk of disease

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Michelle E Kruijshaar Tuberculosis Section, Public Health England, London, UKCentre for Lysosomal and Metabolic Diseases, Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ibrahim Abubakar Tuberculosis Section, Public Health England, London, UKResearch Department for Infections and Population Health, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Helen R Stagg Tuberculosis Section, Public Health England, London, UKResearch Department for Infections and Population Health, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Debora Pedrazzoli Tuberculosis Section, Public Health England, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marc Lipman Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr M E Kruijshaar, Centre for Lysosomal and Metabolic Diseases, Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Dr Molenwaterplein 60, Rotterdam 3000 CB, The Netherlands; m.kruijshaar{at}erasmusmc.nl

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Kruijshaar ME, Abubakar I, Stagg HR, et al

Migration and tuberculosis in the UK: targeting screening for latent infection to those at greatest risk of disease

Thorax 2013;68:1172-1174.

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Received January 12, 2013
Revised May 29, 2013
Accepted June 6, 2013
First published July 4, 2013.

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September 01, 2022

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