Prevalence of tuberculosis in migrant children in Switzerland and relevance of current screening guidelines
Swiss Medical Weekly2020Vol. 150(2324), pp. w20253–w20253
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Myriam Boukamel, Yves Fougère, Mario Gehri, Joan Carles Surís, Isabelle Rochat, Damien Miletto, Spyridoula Kyrilli, Athina Fouriki, Pierre Alex Crisinel
Abstract
Screening migrant children ≥5 years of age for TB could confer a public health benefit even in the absence of other risk factors. The limit of TST positivity could be raised from ≥5 mm to ≥10 mm to decrease the rate of false-positive results. A national assessment of migrant children between the ages of 5 and 15 should be carried out to confirm our findings.
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