Distribution of 245 individuals diagnosed with LTBI and with indication of IPT included in the study according to socio-demographic and clinical epidemiological characteristics.
Background In countries with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence, immigrants from higher incidence countries represent the major pool of individuals with latent TB infection (LTBI). The antenatal period r
The identification and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among immigrants from high-incidence regions who move to low-incidence countries is generally considered an ineffective strateg
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) End TB strategy document ‘Toward tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low incidence countries'—like Canada— identifies screening and treatmen
Introduction To reach pre-elimination levels of tuberculosis (TB) incidence in the Netherlands, prevention of TB among immigrants through diagnosis and treatment of latent TB infection (LTBI) is neede
Objective Healthcare workers (HCWs) are one of the target groups for systematic testing and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in a setting of low TB incidence. We performed this study
