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Tuberculosis incidence in foreign-born people residing in European countries in...
Vasiliu, A; Köhler, N; Altpeter, E; Ægisdóttir, TR; Amerali, M; de Oñate, WA; Bakos, Á; D'Amato, S; Cirillo, DM; van Crevel, R; Davidaviciene, E"Background European-specific policies for tuberculosis (TB) elimination require identification of key populations that benefit from TB screening. Aim We aimed to identify groups of foreign-born individuals residing in European countries that benefit most from targeted TB prevention screening. Methods The Tuberculosis Network European Trials group collected, by cross-sectional survey, numbers of foreign-born TB...
A large multi-country outbreak of monkeypox across 41 countries in the WHO Euro...
Vaughan, AM; Cenciarelli, O; Colombe, S; de Sousa, LA; Fischer, N; Gossner, CM; Pires, J; Scardina, G; Aspelund, G; Avercenko, M; Bengtsson, SFollowing the report of a non-travel-associated cluster of monkeypox cases by the United Kingdom in May 2022, 41 countries across the WHO European Region have reported 21,098 cases and two deaths by 23 August 2022. Nowcasting suggests a plateauing in case notifications. Most cases (97%) are MSM, with atypical rash-illness presentation. Spread is mainly through close contact during sexual activities. Few cases a...