Active tuberculosis case finding interventions among immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Italy

Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 50-56

  Schepisi, Monica Sañé ^a   Gualano, Gina ^a   Piselli, Pierluca ^a   Mazza, Marta ^b   D'Angelo, Donatella ^b   Fasciani, Francesca ^c   Barbieri, Alberto ^c   Rocca, Giorgia ^d   Gnolfo, Filippo ^d   Olivani, Piefranco ^e   Ferrarese, Maurizio ^f   Codecasa, Luigi Ruffo ^f   Palmieri, Fabrizio ^a   Girardi, Enrico ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b Cittadini del mondo   (Italy)

^c Medici per i Diritti Umani Onlus   (Italy)

^d Centro Astalli Local Health Unit AUSL RM A   (Italy)

^e NAGA   (Italy)

^f OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Access to care; Active case finding; Adherence to screening; Migrants; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; OUTPATIENT; SCREENING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 84992756753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20367449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/idr.2016.6594     Document Type: Article

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