Screening for tuberculosis among asylum seekers: Experience from an immigration centre in Central Italy and literature review

Giornale Italiano di Medicina Tropicale

Volumn 15, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Pacifici, L E ^a   Riccardo, F ^a   Russo, G ^b   Miccoli, G A ^b   Vullo, V ^b  

^a CARA Centre of Castelnuovo di Porto   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Italy; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ITALY; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

EID: 79851489038     PISSN: 03943445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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