Tuberculosis screening of asylum seekers in Finland, 2015-2016

• Main Authors: Pirre E. Räisänen (Author), Hanna Soini (Author), Paula Tiittala (Author), Olli Snellman (Author), Petri Ruutu (Author), J. Pekka Nuorti (Author), Outi Lyytikäinen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Finland, asylum seekers from countries with high tuberculosis (TB) incidence (> 50/100,000 population/year) and those coming from a refugee camp or conflict area are eligible for TB screening. The aim of this study was to characterise the TB cases diagnosed during screening...