Screening for Infectious Diseases among Newly Arrived Migrants in EU/EEA Countries—Varying Practices but Consensus on the Utility of Screening

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 11004-11014

  Kärki, Tommi ^a,b   Napoli, Christian ^a   Riccardo, Flavia ^a   Fabiani, Massimo ^a   Grazia Dente, Maria ^a   Carballo, Manuel ^c   Noori, Teymur ^b   Declich, Silvia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c Anthropology and Sociology of Development Department   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Immigration; Infectious diseases; Migrants; Refugees; Screening

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; EUROPEAN UNION; IMMIGRATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE;

ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; CHOLERA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; MALARIA; MASS SCREENING; MEASLES; MEDICAL EXPERT; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RUBELLA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULOSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EUROPE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRATION; PROCEDURES; REFUGEE; STANDARDS;

SWITZERLAND;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; REFUGEES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84908321213     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111011004     Document Type: Article

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