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Protocol for a cluster randomised control trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in recent migrants within primary care: the CATAPuLT trial.

Burman, M; Copas, A; Zenner, D; Hickson, V; Gosce, L; Trathen, D; Ashcroft, R; Martineau, AR; Abubakar, I; Griffiths, C;... (2019-11-29)

BACKGROUND: The identification and treatment of LTBI is a key component of the WHO's strategy to eliminate TB. Recent migrants from high TB-incidence countries are recognised to be at risk TB reactivation, and many high-income ...

Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in HIV-infected Pregnant Women. "Baby Steps" toward Better Tuberculosis Control in Pregnancy.

Zenner, D; Ashkin, D (2016-06-15)

Engaging with civil society to improve access to LTBI screening for new migrants in England: a qualitative study.

Berrocal-Almanza, LC; Botticello, J; Piotrowski, H; Karnani, N; Kon, O-M; Lalvani, A; Zenner, D (2019-05-01)

<sec id="st1"> <title>SETTING</title> The latent tuberculous infection (LTBI) programme in England, UK, offers testing and treatment to new migrants from high tuberculosis incidence countries. However, the rates of LTBI ...

Exploring the effects of BCG vaccination in patients diagnosed with tuberculosis: Observational study using the Enhanced Tuberculosis Surveillance system.

Abbott, S; Christensen, H; Lalor, MK; Zenner, D; Campbell, C; Ramsay, ME; Brooks-Pollock, E (2019-08-14)

BACKGROUND: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is one of the most widely-used vaccines worldwide. BCG primarily reduces the progression from infection to disease, however there is evidence that BCG may provide additional ...

Effectiveness of pre-entry active tuberculosis and post-entry latent tuberculosis screening in new entrants to the UK: a retrospective, population-based cohort study.

Berrocal-Almanza, LC; Harris, R; Lalor, MK; Muzyamba, MC; Were, J; O'Connell, A-M; Mirza, A; Kon, O-M; Lalvani, A; Zenner, D (2019-11)

BACKGROUND: Evaluating interventions that might lead to a reduction in tuberculosis in high-income countries with a low incidence of the disease is key to accelerate progress towards its elimination. In such countries, ...

Guidance for programmatic management of latent tuberculosis infection in the European Union/European Economic Area.

Rosales-Klintz, S; Bruchfeld, J; Haas, W; Heldal, E; Houben, RMGJ; van Kessel, F; Mandelbaum, M; Matteelli, A; Migliori, GB; Oordt-Speets, A;... (2019-01)

Latent tuberculous screening of recent migrants attending language classes: a cohort study and cost analysis.

Usdin, M; Dedicoat, M; Gajraj, R; Harrison, P; Kaur, H; Duffield, K; Walker, C-L; Akram, Y; Aiyedun, V; Mohamed, H;... (2017-02-01)

SETTING: England's national tuberculosis (TB) strategy recommends testing for and treatment of latent tuberculous infection (LTBI) among new migrants. Programmatic testing occurs in primary care, which may be inaccessible ...

Prevention and assessment of infectious diseases among children and adult migrants arriving to the European Union/European Economic Association: a protocol for a suite of systematic reviews for public health and health systems.

Pottie, K; Mayhew, AD; Morton, RL; Greenaway, C; Akl, EA; Rahman, P; Zenner, D; Pareek, M; Tugwell, P; Welch, V;... (2017-09-11)

INTRODUCTION: The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control is developing evidence-based guidance for voluntary screening, treatment and vaccine prevention of infectious diseases for newly arriving migrants to the ...

Evaluating 17 years of latent tuberculosis infection screening in north-west England: a retrospective cohort study of reactivation.

Zenner, D; Loutet, MG; Harris, R; Wilson, S; Ormerod, LP (2017-07)

Approximately 72% of tuberculosis (TB) cases in England occur among non-UK born individuals, mostly as a result of reactivation of latent TB infection (LTBI). Programmatic LTBI screening is a key intervention of the TB ...

Transmission of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae by a fully immunised resident returning from a visit to West Africa, United Kingdom, 2017.

Edwards, D; Kent, D; Lester, C; Brown, CS; Murphy, ME; Brown, NM; Sule, O; Itani, A; Chand, M; Trindall, A;... (2018-09)

In early 2017, a United Kingdom (UK)-born person in their 20s presented with a skin ulcer on the foot 3 weeks after returning from Ghana. The patient had last received a diphtheria-containing vaccine in 2013, completing ...