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Should young people be paid for getting tested? A national comparative study to evaluate patient financial incentives for chlamydia screening.

Zenner, D; Molinar, D; Nichols, T; Riha, J; Macintosh, M; Nardone, A (2012-04-02)

BACKGROUND: Patient financial incentives ("incentives") have been widely used to promote chlamydia screening uptake amongst 15-24 year olds in England, but there is scarce evidence of their effectiveness. The objectives ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Investigating a tuberculosis cluster among Filipino health care workers in a low-incidence country.

Davidson, JA; Fulton, N; Thomas, HL; Lalor, MK; Zenner, D; Brown, T; Murphy, S; Anderson, LF (2018-03-01)

SETTING: Nearly 8% of adult tuberculosis (TB) cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (EW&NI) occur among health care workers (HCWs), the majority of whom are from high TB incidence countries. OBJECTIVES: To determine ...