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Linkage to Care Is Important and Necessary When Identifying Infections in Migrants

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  • Manish Pareek

    (Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
    Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK)

  • Teymur Noori

    (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 16973 Solna, Sweden)

  • Sally Hargreaves

    (Section of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0HS, UK
    The Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George’s, University of London, London WC1E 7HU, UK)

  • Maria Van den Muijsenbergh

    (Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Pharos, Dutch Centre of Expertise on Health Disparities, 3507 LH Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Abstract

Migration is an important driver of population dynamics in Europe. Although migrants are generally healthy, subgroups of migrants are at increased risk of a range of infectious diseases. Early identification of infections is important as it prevents morbidity and mortality. However, identifying infections needs to be supported by appropriate systems to link individuals to specialist care where they can receive further diagnostic tests and clinical management. In this commentary we will discuss the importance of linkage to care and how to minimise attrition in clinical pathways.

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  • Manish Pareek & Teymur Noori & Sally Hargreaves & Maria Van den Muijsenbergh, 2018. "Linkage to Care Is Important and Necessary When Identifying Infections in Migrants," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-4, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:7:p:1550-:d:159326
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    1. Tommi Kärki & Christian Napoli & Flavia Riccardo & Massimo Fabiani & Maria Grazia Dente & Manuel Carballo & Teymur Noori & Silvia Declich, 2014. "Screening for Infectious Diseases among Newly Arrived Migrants in EU/EEA Countries—Varying Practices but Consensus on the Utility of Screening," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-11, October.
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