84
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Demographics of tuberculosis in an emerging EU region in Southern Scandinavia

, , , &
Pages 1033-1039 | Received 29 Apr 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

References

  • Global tuberculosis control: surveillance, planning, financing. WHO report 2005. World Health Organization, Geneva. (WHO/HTM/TB/2005.349).
  • Broekmans JF, Migliori GB, Rieder HL, Lees J, Ruutu P, Loddenkemper R, et al. European framework for tuberculosis control and elimination in countries with a low incidence. Recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) and Royal Netherlands Tuberculosis Association (KNCV) Working Group. Eur Respir J 2002; 19: 765–75
  • Miörner H. Tuberkulos i Öresundsregionen. Smittskydd Skåne 2000; 2: 2–3
  • Kjelsø C, Andersen P. Tuberkulose 2003, Del I. Epi-Nyt 2004; 47
  • Lillebaek T, Dirksen A, Kok-Jensen A, Andersen AB. A dominant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain emerging in Denmark. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2004; 8: 1001–6
  • Lillebaek T, Andersen AB, Bauer J, Dirksen A, Glismann S, de Haas P, et al. Risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission in a low-incidence country due to immigration from high-incidence areas. J Clin Microbiol. 2001; 39: 855–61
  • Poulsen S, Ronne T, Kok-Jensen A, Bauer JO, Miorner H. Tuberkuloseudviklingen i Danmark 1972–1996. Ugeskr Laeger 1999; 161: 3452–7
  • Yang ZH, de Haas PE, Wachmann CH, van Soolingen D, van Embden JDA, Andersen AB. Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in Denmark in 1992. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33: 2077–81
  • Thomsen V, Andersen P. Tuberculosis in Denmark, 2000. EpiNorth 2002; 2: 21–3
  • Øresund Data Bank. Available from: URL: http://www.dst.dk/extranet/oresund1. Accessed April 29, 2006.
  • Kleinbaum GK, Kupper LL, Muller KE, Nizam A. Applied regression analysis and other multivariable methods3rd edn. Duxbury Press, Pacific Groce, CA 1998
  • Yang ZH, de Haas PE, van Soolingen D, van Embeden, Andersen AB. Restriction fragment length polymorphism Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from Greenland during 1992: evidence of tuberculosis transmission between Greenland and Denmark. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32: 3018–25
  • Dasgupta K, Menzies D. Cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis control strategies among immigrants and refugees. Eur Resir J 2005; 25: 1107–16
  • McKenna MT, McCray E, Onorato I. The epidemiology of tuberculosis among foreign-born persons in the United States, 1986 to 1993. N Engl J Med ;332 1995; 332: 1071–6
  • Cowie RL, Sharpe JW. Tuberculosis among immigrants: interval from arrival in Canada to diagnosis. A 5-y study in southern Alberta. CMAJ 1998; 158: 599–602
  • Lillebaek T, Andersen AB, Dirksen A, Smith E, Skovgaard LT, Kok-Jensen A. Persistent high incidence of tuberculosis in immigrants in a low-incidence country. Emerg Infect Dis 2002; 8: 679–84
  • Vos AM, Meima A, Verver S, Looman CW, Bos V, Borgdorff MW, et al. High incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis persists a decade after immigration, The Netherlands. Emerg Infect Dis 2004; 10: 736–9
  • Hayward AC, Darton T, van-Tam JN, Watson JM, Coker R, Schwoebel V. Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis in Western European cities. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2003; 7: 751–7
  • Lillebaek T, Thomsen VO. Alarming tendency in the transmission of tuberculosis among Danish men. Ugeskr Laeger 2005; 167: 388–91
  • Ghebremichael S, Koivula T, Hoffner S, Romanus V, Petrini B, Norén B, , et al. Resistant tuberculosis is spreading in Sweden. Molecular epidemiological strain identification by ‘fingerprinting’ can make the infection tracing easier. Läkartidningen. 2002;99:2618–9, 2622–3.
  • Stalker P. Migration trends and migration policy in Europe. Int Migration 2002; 40: 151–79
  • Andersen P, Kock-Hansen GH. Tuberkulose 2002, Del I. Epi-Nyt. 2003; 44.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.