Tackling TB in low-incidence countries: improving diagnosis and management in vulnerable populations

In low tuberculosis incidence regions, tuberculosis is mainly concentrated among hard-to-reach populations like migrants, homeless people, drug or alcohol abusers, prisoners and people living with HIV. To be able to eliminate tuberculosis from these low incidence regions tuberculosis screening and t...

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Main Authors:	C.C. Heuvelings, S.G. de Vries, M.P. Grobusch
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:	tuberculosis identification management vulnerable populations low-incidence countries
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216316708

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spelling	doaj-453c2dc44b1b47d69d0738345c0c524e2020-11-24T22:22:19ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97121878-35112017-03-0156C778010.1016/j.ijid.2016.12.025Tackling TB in low-incidence countries: improving diagnosis and management in vulnerable populationsC.C. Heuvelings0S.G. de Vries1M.P. Grobusch2Center of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsCenter of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsCenter of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsIn low tuberculosis incidence regions, tuberculosis is mainly concentrated among hard-to-reach populations like migrants, homeless people, drug or alcohol abusers, prisoners and people living with HIV. To be able to eliminate tuberculosis from these low incidence regions tuberculosis screening and treatment programs should focus on these hard-to-reach populations. Here we discuss the barriers and facilitators of health care-seeking, interventions improving tuberculosis screening uptake and interventions improving treatment adherence in these hard-to-reach populations.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216316708tuberculosisidentificationmanagementvulnerable populationslow-incidence countries
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title	Tackling TB in low-incidence countries: improving diagnosis and management in vulnerable populations
title_short	Tackling TB in low-incidence countries: improving diagnosis and management in vulnerable populations
title_full	Tackling TB in low-incidence countries: improving diagnosis and management in vulnerable populations
title_fullStr	Tackling TB in low-incidence countries: improving diagnosis and management in vulnerable populations
title_full_unstemmed	Tackling TB in low-incidence countries: improving diagnosis and management in vulnerable populations
title_sort	tackling tb in low-incidence countries: improving diagnosis and management in vulnerable populations
publisher	Elsevier
series	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn	1201-9712 1878-3511
publishDate	2017-03-01
description	In low tuberculosis incidence regions, tuberculosis is mainly concentrated among hard-to-reach populations like migrants, homeless people, drug or alcohol abusers, prisoners and people living with HIV. To be able to eliminate tuberculosis from these low incidence regions tuberculosis screening and treatment programs should focus on these hard-to-reach populations. Here we discuss the barriers and facilitators of health care-seeking, interventions improving tuberculosis screening uptake and interventions improving treatment adherence in these hard-to-reach populations.
topic	tuberculosis identification management vulnerable populations low-incidence countries
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216316708
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Tackling TB in low-incidence countries: improving diagnosis and management in vulnerable populations

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