Risk factors for tuberculosis in foreign-born people (FBP) in Italy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

In Italy, TB notifications in foreign-born people (FBP) are steadily increasing. To investigate this issue we did a meta-analysis on risk factors for FBP people. A systematic search was performed in PubMed and EMBASE from Jan-1980 to Jan-2013. We analysed HIV status, previous TB-treatment, intraveno...

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Main Authors: Loredana Ingrosso, Fenicia Vescio, Massimo Giuliani, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Lanfranco Fattorini, Santino Severoni, Giovanni Rezza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3986251?pdf=render