Screening of immigrants in the UK for latent tuberculosis

McNerney, Ruth, Ferrara, Giovanni, O'Grady, Justin, Maeurer, Markus and Zumla, Alimuddin (2011) Screening of immigrants in the UK for latent tuberculosis. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 5 (4). pp. 483-486. ISSN 1747-6348

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Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious public health problem in the UK, and detection and prophylactic treatment of latent infection offers improved control. A recent study advocates the use of IFN-γ release assays to detect latent TB infection in immigrants to the UK under 35 years of age and suggests that such a program would be most cost effective if targeted at new entrants from high burden countries. We discuss these findings in the light of recently updated UK and European guidelines. We conclude that while action to contain TB in the UK is urgently needed, further evidence is required to assess the impact and cost–effectiveness of screening algorithms for latent infection.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cost–effectiveness,ifn-γ release assay,latent tuberculosis,screening,tuberculosis,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Medical Microbiology (former - to 2018)
Depositing User:	Justin O'Grady
Date Deposited:	10 Sep 2013 04:20
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2022 01:25
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/41300
DOI:	10.1586/ers.11.45

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