Is tuberculosis crossing borders at the Eastern boundary of the European Union?

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  • Author(s): van der Werf MJ;van der Werf MJ; Hollo V; Noori T
  • Source:
    European journal of public health [Eur J Public Health] 2013 Dec; Vol. 23 (6), pp. 1058-63. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jun 27.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9204966 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1464-360X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 11011262 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Oxford : Oxford University Press
      Original Publication: Stockholm, Sweden : Almqvist & Wiksell International, c1991-
    • Subject Terms:
      European Union/*statistics & numerical data ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/*epidemiology; Emigrants and Immigrants/statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Moldova/ethnology ; Population Surveillance ; Republic of Belarus/ethnology ; Russia/ethnology ; Turkey/ethnology ; Ukraine/ethnology
    • Abstract:
      Background: The Eastern border of the European Union (EU) consists of 10 countries after the expansion of the EU in 2004 and 2007. These 10 countries border to the East to countries with high tuberculosis (TB) notification rates. We analyzed the notification data of Europe to quantify the impact of cross-border TB at the Eastern border of the EU.
      Methods: We used TB surveillance data of 2010 submitted by 53 European Region countries to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. Notified TB cases were stratified by origin of the case (national/foreign). We calculated the contribution of foreign to overall TB notification.
      Results: In the 10 EU countries located at the EU Eastern border, 618 notified TB cases (1.7% of all notified TB cases) were of foreign origin. Of those 618 TB cases, 173 (28.0%) were from countries bordering the EU to the East. More specifically, 90 (52.0%) were from Russia, 33 (19.1%) from Belarus, 33 (19.1%) from Ukraine, 13 (7.5%) from Moldova and 4 (2.3%) from Turkey.
      Conclusions: Currently, migrants contribute little to TB notifications in the 10 EU countries at the Eastern border of the EU, but changes in migration patterns may result in an increasing contribution. Therefore, EU countries at the Eastern border of the EU should strive to provide prompt diagnostic services and adequate treatment of migrants.
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    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20130702 Date Completed: 20140813 Latest Revision: 20211021
    • Publication Date:
      20240513
    • Accession Number:
      PMC3840804
    • Accession Number:
      10.1093/eurpub/ckt098
    • Accession Number:
      23813718