Infectious disease testing of UK-bound refugees: a population-based, cross-sectional study

Infectious disease testing of UK-bound refugees: a population-based, cross-sectional study

Abstract Background The UK, like a number of other countries, has a refugee resettlement programme. External factors, such as higher prevalence of infectious diseases in the country of origin and circumstances of travel, are likely to increase the infectious disease risk of refugees, but published d...

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Main Authors: Alison F. Crawshaw, Manish Pareek, John Were, Steffen Schillinger, Olga Gorbacheva, Kolitha P. Wickramage, Sema Mandal, Valerie Delpech, Noel Gill, Hilary Kirkbride, Dominik Zenner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Refugees
Refugee health
Health assessment
Infectious diseases
Migrant health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1125-4

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