TY - JOUR T1 - Tuberculosis among asylum-seekers in Milan, Italy: Epidemiological analysis and evaluation of interventions JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.00896-2019 SP - 1900896 AU - Simone Villa AU - Luigi Ruffo Codecasa AU - Marino Faccini AU - Mirella Maria Pontello AU - Maurizio Ferrarese AU - Paola Francesca Castellotti AU - Sabrina Senatore AU - Anna Lamberti AU - Ester Mazzola AU - Carlo Federico Perno AU - Daniela Campisi AU - Matteo Saporiti AU - Mario Carlo Raviglione Y1 - 2019/01/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2019/07/31/13993003.00896-2019.abstract N2 - In low-incidence countries of the European Union (EU), vulnerable populations are largely responsible for the lack of a faster decline of the tuberculosis (TB) incidence rate [1]. Above all, poor and marginalised people living in metropolitan areas [2, 3] have a greater risk of developing TB. In the last few years a large proportion of TB cases in EU occurred among the foreign-born [4] at a younger median age compared to native populations with TB [1, 5].FootnotesThis 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. Villa has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Codecasa has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Faccini has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Pontello has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Ferrarese has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Castellotti has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Senatore has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Lamberti has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Mazzola has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Perno has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Campisi has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Saporiti has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Raviglione has nothing to disclose. ER -