Using country of origin to inform targeted tuberculosis screening in asylum seekers: a modelling study of screening data in a German federal state, 2002-2015.

Kayvan BozorgmehrStella PreusslerUlrich WagnerBrigitte JoggerstJoachim SzecsenyiOliver RazumChristian Stock
Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
WHO's TB data can inform the estimation of screening yield and thus be used to improve screening efficiency in asylum seekers. This may help to develop more targeted screening strategies by reducing uncertainty in estimates of expected country-specific yield, and identify thresholds with lowest loss in sensitivity. Further modelling studies are needed which combine clinical, diagnostic and country-specific parameters.