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Immigration from tuberculosis (TB) high-incidence countries is known to contribute notably to the TB burden in low-incidence countries. However, the effect of migration enabled by the free movement of persons within the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) on TB notification has not been analysed. We analysed TB surveillance data from 29 EU/EEA countries submitted for the years 2007–2013 to The European Surveillance System. We used place of birth and nationality as proxy indicators for native, other EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA origin of the TB cases and analysed the characteristics of the subgroups by origin. From 2007–2013, a total of 527,467 TB cases were reported, of which 129,781 (24.6%) were of foreign origin including 12,566 (2.4%) originating from EU/EEA countries other than the reporting country. The countries reporting most TB cases originating from other EU/EEA countries were Germany and Italy, and the largest proportion of TB cases in individuals came from Poland (n=1,562) and Romania (n=6,285). At EU/EEA level only a small proportion of foreign TB cases originated from other EU/EEA countries, however, the uneven distribution of this presumed importation may pose a challenge to TB programmes in some countries.

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The effect of migration within the European Union/European Economic Area on the distribution of tuberculosis, 2007 to 2013
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Vahur+Hollo&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hollo Vahur</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Saara+Magdalena+Kotila&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kotila Saara Magdalena</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Csaba+K%C3%B6dm%C3%B6n&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ködmön Csaba</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Phillip+Zucs&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Zucs Phillip</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marieke+Johanna++van+der+Werf&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink"> van der Werf Marieke Johanna</a></span>. The effect of migration within the European Union/European Economic Area on the distribution of tuberculosis, 2007 to 2013. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2016;21(12):pii=30171. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.12.30171" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.12.30171</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 10 Mar 2015;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 04 Jan 2016 </span> </p>
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