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1 Pre-entry screening programmes for tuberculosis in migrants to low-incidence countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis  Dr Robert W Aldridge, MSc, Tom A Yates, MSc, Dominik Zenner, MD, Peter J White, PhD, Prof Ibrahim Abubakar, FRCP, Andrew C Hayward, MD  The Lancet Infectious Diseases  Volume 14, Issue 12, Pages (December 2014) DOI: /S (14) Copyright © 2014 Aldridge et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Study profile The Lancet Infectious Diseases  , DOI: ( /S (14) ) Copyright © 2014 Aldridge et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Forest plot of pre-entry screening programme yield for principal outcome of active tuberculosis cases found by each study (case definition varies between studies, sorted by year of publication) The Lancet Infectious Diseases  , DOI: ( /S (14) ) Copyright © 2014 Aldridge et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Forest plot of pre-entry screening programme yield of culture-positive cases of tuberculosis, stratified by WHO prevalence of tuberculosis in country of origin (sorted by prevalence in country of origin) The Lancet Infectious Diseases  , DOI: ( /S (14) ) Copyright © 2014 Aldridge et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions


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