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Persons fleeing Ukraine since February 2022 have potentially higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) vs all European Union countries. Interest of active TB screening among this population is debated and not widely adopted. In this screening intervention by a network of TB centres in France, the number needed to screen (NNS) was 862 to find one case. This experience shows that this strategy may be relevant for TB control in situations of massive displacement, similar to that following the Russian invasion.

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Active tuberculosis screening among the displaced population fleeing Ukraine, France, February to October 2022
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Jean-Paul+Guthmann&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Guthmann Jean-Paul</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Philippe+Fraisse&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fraisse Philippe</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Isabelle+Bonnet&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bonnet Isabelle</a>, <a href="/search?value1=J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me+Robert&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Robert Jérôme</a></span>. Active tuberculosis screening among the displaced population fleeing Ukraine, France, February to October 2022. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2023;28(12):pii=2300155. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.12.2300155" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.12.2300155</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 09 Mar 2023;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 22 Mar 2023 </span> </p>
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