Pulmonary tuberculosis screening in emigrants and travellers: A retrospective analysis of Guangzhou Port in China

China is beginning to transform from a migrant exporting country to a migrant importing country. Our study aimed to assess risks of imported tuberculosis among travellers and to determine risk factors, to tailor institutional guidelines. We conducted an observational, retrospective, population-based...

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Published in:Travel medicine and infectious disease 2022-09, Vol.49, p.102357-102357, Article 102357
Main Authors: Wen, Ying, Xie, Qian, Zhang, Ran, Zhao, Jiubo, Liu, Xuling, Wu, Jian, Huang, Yongxin, Yu, Jianhai, Liang, Rongrong, Qin, Zhiran, Zeng, Yan, He, Hongtao, Wang, Xiangyang, Wu, Qinghua, Wan, Chengsong, Zhang, Bao, Zhao, Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cohorts
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cross-border healthcare
Detection
Drug resistance
Emigration
Epidemiology
Genotypes
Genotyping
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Immigrants
Immune system
Infectious diseases
International travel
Laboratories
Methods
Molecular detection
Population movement
Respiratory infectious diseases
Risk
Risk assessment
Risk factors
Study abroad
Travel
Travel medicine
Tuberculosis
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Summary:China is beginning to transform from a migrant exporting country to a migrant importing country. Our study aimed to assess risks of imported tuberculosis among travellers and to determine risk factors, to tailor institutional guidelines. We conducted an observational, retrospective, population-based cohort study. Molecular epidemiology surveillance methods were used to screen travellers for cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) at Guangzhou Port in China from January 2010 to December 2016. A total of 165,369 travellers from 190 countries and regions were screened for PTB. The rate of suspected PTB, laboratory confirmed rate, and the total detection rate in emigrants were significantly higher than those in travellers (p
ISSN:1477-8939
1873-0442
DOI:10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102357