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The impact of migration on tuberculosis epidemiology and control in high-income countries: a review.

Pareek, M; Greenaway, C; Noori, T; Munoz, J; Zenner, D (2016-03-23)

Tuberculosis (TB) causes significant morbidity and mortality in high-income countries with foreign-born individuals bearing a disproportionate burden of the overall TB case burden in these countries. In this review of ...

Treating latent TB in primary care: a survey of enablers and barriers among UK General Practitioners.

Atchison, C; Zenner, D; Barnett, L; Pareek, M (2015-08-13)

BACKGROUND: Treating latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is an important public health intervention. In the UK, LTBI treatment is delivered in secondary care. Treating LTBI in the community would move care closer to home ...

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 ...

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

Crawshaw, AF; Pareek, M; Were, J; Schillinger, S; Gorbacheva, O; Wickramage, KP; Mandal, S; Delpech, V; Gill, N; Kirkbride, H;... (2018-08-28)

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 ...

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for latent tuberculosis among migrants in the EU/EEA: a systematic review.

Greenaway, C; Pareek, M; Abou Chakra, C-N; Walji, M; Makarenko, I; Alabdulkarim, B; Hogan, C; McConnell, T; Scarfo, B; Christensen, R;... (2018-04)

BackgroundMigrants account for a large and growing proportion of tuberculosis (TB) cases in low-incidence countries in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) which are primarily due to reactivation of latent ...

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening for active tuberculosis among migrants in the EU/EEA: a systematic review.

Greenaway, C; Pareek, M; Abou Chakra, C-N; Walji, M; Makarenko, I; Alabdulkarim, B; Hogan, C; McConnell, T; Scarfo, B; Christensen, R;... (2018-04)

BACKGROUND: The foreign-born population make up an increasing and large proportion of tuberculosis (TB) cases in European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) low-incidence countries and challenge TB elimination efforts. ...

Vulnerability and tuberculosis treatment outcomes in urban settings in England: A mixed-methods study.

Berrocal-Almanza, LC; Lima, M; Piotrowski, H; Botticello, J; Badhan, A; Karnani, N; Kaur, H; Pareek, M; Haldar, P; Dedicoat, M;... (2023)

BACKGROUND: Evidence on factors contributing to poor treatment outcome and healthcare priorities in vulnerable populations affected by tuberculosis (TB) in urban areas of England other than London is needed to inform ...