TY - JOUR
T1 - Tuberculosis control in big cities and urban risk groups in the European Union
T2 - A consensus statement
AU - van Hest, N. A.
AU - Aldridge, R. W.
AU - de Vries, G.
AU - Sandgren, A.
AU - Hauer, B.
AU - Hayward, A.
AU - de Oñate, W. Arrazola
AU - Haas, W.
AU - Codecasa, L. R.
AU - Caylã, J. A.
AU - Story, A.
AU - Antoine, D.
AU - Gori, A.
AU - Quabeck, L.
AU - Jonsson, J.
AU - Wanlin, M.
AU - Orcau, Ã
AU - Rodes, A.
AU - Dedicoat, M.
AU - Antoun, F.
AU - van Deutekom, H.
AU - Keizer, S. T.
AU - Abubakar, I.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In low-incidence countries in the European Union (EU), tuberculosis (TB) is concentrated in big cities, especially among certain urban high-risk groups including immigrants from TB high-incidence countries, homeless people, and those with a history of drug and alcohol misuse. Elimination of TB in European big cities requires control measures focused on multiple layers of the urban population. The particular complexities of major EU metropolises, for example high population density and social structure, create specific opportunities for transmission, but also enable targeted TB control interventions, not efficient in the general population, to be effective or cost effective. Lessons can be learnt from across the EU and this consensus statement on TB control in big cities and urban risk groups was prepared by a working group representing various EU big cities, brought together on the initiative of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The consensus statement describes general and specific social, educational, operational, organisational, legal and monitoring TB control interventions in EU big cities, as well as providing recommendations for big city TB control, based upon a conceptual TB transmission and control model.
AB - In low-incidence countries in the European Union (EU), tuberculosis (TB) is concentrated in big cities, especially among certain urban high-risk groups including immigrants from TB high-incidence countries, homeless people, and those with a history of drug and alcohol misuse. Elimination of TB in European big cities requires control measures focused on multiple layers of the urban population. The particular complexities of major EU metropolises, for example high population density and social structure, create specific opportunities for transmission, but also enable targeted TB control interventions, not efficient in the general population, to be effective or cost effective. Lessons can be learnt from across the EU and this consensus statement on TB control in big cities and urban risk groups was prepared by a working group representing various EU big cities, brought together on the initiative of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The consensus statement describes general and specific social, educational, operational, organisational, legal and monitoring TB control interventions in EU big cities, as well as providing recommendations for big city TB control, based upon a conceptual TB transmission and control model.
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U2 - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.9.20728
DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.9.20728
M3 - Article
C2 - 24626210
AN - SCOPUS:84896889985
SN - 1025-496X
VL - 19
JO - Eurosurveillance
JF - Eurosurveillance
IS - 9
ER -