TY - JOUR T1 - Screening for tuberculosis in migrants and visitors from high incidence settings: present and future perspectives JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.00591-2018 SP - 1800591 AU - Claudia C Dobler AU - Greg J Fox AU - Paul Douglas AU - Kerri A Viney AU - Faiz Ahmad Khan AU - Zelalem Temesgen AU - Ben J Marais Y1 - 2018/01/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2018/05/17/13993003.00591-2018.abstract N2 - In most settings with a low incidence of tuberculosis (TB), foreign-born people make up the majority of TB cases, but the distribution of the TB risk among different migrant populations is often poorly quantified. In addition, screening practices for TB disease and latent TB infection vary widely. Addressing the risk of TB in international migrants is an essential component of TB prevention and care efforts in low incidence countries, and strategies to systematically screen for, diagnose, treat and prevent TB among this group contribute to national and global TB elimination goals.This review provides an overview and critical assessment of TB screening practices that are focused on migrants and visitors from high to low TB incidence countries, including pre-migration screening and post-migration follow-up of those deemed to be at an increased risk of developing TB. We focus mainly on migrants who enter the destination country via application for a long-stay visa, as well as asylum seekers and refugees, but briefly consider issues related to short-term visitors and those with long duration multiple-entry visas. Issues related to the screening of children and screening for latent TB infection are also explored.TB screening of migrants from high to low TB incidence settings contributes to national and global TB eliminationFootnotesThis manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the European Respiratory Journal. It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJ online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article.Conflict of interest: Dr. Dobler has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Fox has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Douglas has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Viney has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Ahmad Khan has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Temesgen has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Marais has nothing to disclose. ER -