Enhanced surveillance for tuberculosis among foreign-born persons, Finland, 2014-2016

• Main Authors: Pirre E. Räisänen (Author), Hanna Soini (Author), Pirjo Turtiainen (Author), Tuula Vasankari (Author), Petri Ruutu (Author), J. Pekka Nuorti (Author), Outi Lyytikäinen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) in foreign-born residents is increasing in many European countries including Finland. We conducted enhanced TB surveillance to collect supplementary information on TB cases among recent immigrants and their children to provide data for revising TB control polici...