Screening for latent TB, HIV, and hepatitis B/C in new migrants in a high prevalence area of London, UK: A cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hargreaves, Sally ^a   Seedat, Farah ^a   Car, Josip ^b   Escombe, Rod ^b   Hasan, Samia ^b   Eliahoo, Joseph ^a   Friedland, Jon S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health service delivery; Hepatitis; HIV; Immigrants; Latent tuberculosis; Migrants; Screening; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS TEST KIT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923870489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-014-0657-2     Document Type: Article

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