Authors’ response: Migrant tuberculosis in low-incidence Japan; introduction of pre-entry screening

Gerard de Vries; Sarah Jackson; Brit Häcker; Teresa Domaszewska; on behalf of all co-authors of the original article

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Authors’ response: Migrant tuberculosis in low-incidence Japan; introduction of pre-entry screening
Gerard de Vries¹ , Sarah Jackson² , Brit Häcker³ , Teresa Domaszewska⁴ , on behalf of all co-authors of the original article⁵
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Affiliations: ¹ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands ² Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland ³ German Central Committee against Tuberculosis (DZK), Berlin, Germany ⁴ Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany ⁵ https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.11.2400489

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Teresa Domaszewska
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Citation style for this article: de Vries Gerard, Jackson Sarah, Häcker Brit, Domaszewska Teresa, on behalf of all co-authors of the original article. Authors’ response: Migrant tuberculosis in low-incidence Japan; introduction of pre-entry screening. Euro Surveill. 2025;30(25):pii=2500438. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.25.2500438 Received: 23 Jun 2025; Accepted: 26 Jun 2025

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