PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Joanna Nederby Öhd
AU  - Maria-Pia Hergens
AU  - Yauheni Luksha
AU  - Charlotte Buxbaum
AU  - Jad Shedrawy
AU  - Jerker Jonsson
AU  - Judith Bruchfeld
AU  - Knut Lönnroth
TI  - Evaluation of the latent tuberculosis screening and treatment strategy for asylum seekers in Stockholm, Sweden 2015–2018 - a record linkage study of the care cascade
AID  - 10.1183/13993003.02255-2020
DP  - 2020 Jan 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 2002255
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2020/08/18/13993003.02255-2020.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2020/08/18/13993003.02255-2020.full
AB  - In many countries with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence (<10/100,000) a high proportion of cases originate from latent TB infection (LTBI) reactivation among migrants from high-incidence countries (≥100/100,000) who have been infected before arrival in the host country [1, 2]. Consequently, LTBI screening and management for migrants is an important intervention to reduce TB incidence in those countries [1, 3, 4].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: Mrs. Nederby Öhd has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Hergens has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Luksha has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Buxbaum has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. shedrawy has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Jonsson has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Bruchfeld has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. Lönnroth has nothing to disclose.