Public health response to large influx of asylum seekers: implementation and timing of infectious disease screening

• Main Authors: Paula Tiittala (Author), Karolina Tuomisto (Author), Taneli Puumalainen (Author), Outi Lyytikäinen (Author), Jukka Ollgren (Author), Olli Snellman (Author), Otto Helve (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Infectious disease screening of migrants at increased risk is a feature of national infection prevention and control measures. Asylum seekers in Finland are offered screening of tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) and syphilis based on ind...