Outcomes analysis of new entrant screening for active tuberculosis in Heathrow and Gatwick airports, United Kingdom 2009/2010

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Severi, Ettore ^a,b   Maguire, Helen ^a,b   Ihekweazu, Chikwe ^b   Bickler, Graham ^b   Abubakar, Ibrahim ^b,c  

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

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Diagnostic accuracy; Immigration; Respiratory tract diseases; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ENTRANT SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEE; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRPORTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963974269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1506-2     Document Type: Article

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