Current practices in and attitudes to screening for tuberculosis, and a discussion about genetic diversity

Poster Discussion
Chairs: D. Cirillo (Milano (MI), Italy), A. Altraja (Tartu, Estonia)
From policy to practice in Europe: a TBNET survey on the delivery of LTBI screening and treatment amongst migrants
M. Burman (London, United Kingdom), A. Rahman (London, United Kingdom), G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom), C. Lange (Borstel, Germany), H. Kunst (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentation
Cost-Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Screening for Migrant Children in Low-Incidence countries
J. Usemann (Basel, Switzerland), M. Ledergerber (Basel, Switzerland), G. Fink (Basel, Switzerland), N. Ritz (Basel, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentation
Preventing the spread of TB among trans-Mediterranean migrants: the role of therapeutic education
A. Mastinu (Asti, Italy), T. Stobbione (Asti, Italy), R. Lika (Asti, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Increasing foreign born tuberculosis cases in Turkey and their detailed analysis with 2016 data.
E. Kabasakal (ANKARA, Turkey), S. Özkan (ANKARA, Turkey), A. Yildirim (ANKARA, Turkey), F. Baykal (ANKARA, Turkey), Z. Kiliçaslan (Istanbul, Turkey), S. Özkara (ANKARA, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentationE-poster
Risk factors for tuberculosis in patients with history of incarceration
S. Ben Saad (Tunis, Tunisia), N. Mbarek (Tunis, Tunisia), I. Mejri (Tunis, Tunisia), F. Tritar (Tunis, Tunisia)
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Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentation
Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection among healthcare workers at a tertiary hospital in Korea
E. Lee (Seoul, Republic of Korea), J. Park (Seoul, Republic of Korea), M. Shin (Seoul, Republic of Korea), S. Lee (Seoul, Republic of Korea), A. Leem (Seoul, Republic of Korea), S. Kim (Seoul, Republic of Korea), J. Jung (Seoul, Republic of Korea), M. Park (Seoul, Republic of Korea), Y. Kim (Seoul, Republic of Korea), J. Chang (Seoul, Republic of Korea), Y. Kang (Seoul, Republic of Korea)
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Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentation
Stigma towards tuberculosis patients amongst healthcare workers: Assessing a survey study
M. Bodur (Diyarbakir, Turkey), M. Taylan (Diyarbakir, Turkey), H. Calisir (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The risk factors of latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers in South Korea, an intermediate tuberculosis burden country
J. Park (Cheonan, Republic of Korea), G. Hong (Cheonan, Republic of Korea), D. Kim (Cheonan, Republic of Korea), K. Donati (kim.donati@uliege.be / ULiège,Liège), C. Gerard (catherine.gerard@uliege.be / ULiège,Liège), B. Duysinx (bduysinx@chu.ulg.ac.be / CHU,Liège), A. Noel (agnes.noel@ulg.ac.be / ULiège,Liège), D. Cataldo (didier.cataldo@uliege.be / ULiège/CHU,Liège)
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Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentationE-poster
The knowledge and attitudes of hospital staff about tuberculosis
S. Argun Baris (Kocaeli, Turkey), E. Alkilinc (Kocaeli, Turkey), E. Karasal (Kocaeli, Turkey), H. Boyaci (Kocaeli, Turkey), I. Basyigit (Kocaeli, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentation
Occupational tuberculosis screening for healthcare workers in a UK centre
M. Li (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom), M. Schwec (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom), N. Clerk (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom), G. Antunes (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentationE-poster
Cost-effectiveness of two latent tuberculosis infection screening strategies
A. Sousa (Paredes, Portugal), A. Ribeiro (Porto, Portugal), Á. Almeida (Porto, Portugal), A. Correia (Porto, Portugal), R. Duarte (Porto, Portugal), C. Carvalho (Porto, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentationE-poster
Genetic diversity of M. tuberculosis isolates from patients with drug-resistant TB in Japan
N. Kobayashi (Kiyose, Japan), F. Mizukoshi (Utsunomiya, Japan), T. Miyoshi-Akiyama (Tokyo, Japan), F. Kirikae (Tokyo, Japan), A. Ichinose (Tokyo, Japan), K. Funatogawa (Utsunomiya, Japan), T. Kirikae (Tokyo, Japan), K. Ohta (Kiyose, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentationE-poster
Study of molecular-genetic mutations of tuberculosis mycobacteria in patients with pulmonary TB in Azerbaijan
I. Akhundova (Baku, Azerbaijan), A. Kadirova (Baku, Azerbaijan), R. Abuzarov (Baku, Azerbaijan), N. Salimova (Baku, Azerbaijan), G. Aliyeva (Baku, Azerbaijan), M. Seyfeddinova (Baku, Azerbaijan)
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Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentation
Drug resistance profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated in Da Nang, Vietnam
N. Hang (Hanoi, Vietnam), M. Hijikata (Tokyo, Japan), N. Keicho (Tokyo, Japan), S. Maeda (Hokkaido, Japan), L. Duc (Da Nang, Vietnam), N. Diem (Da Nang, Vietnam), N. Yen (Da Nang, Vietnam), I. Matsushita (Tokyo, Japan), S. Kato (Tokyo, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Molecular-genetic characteristic of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from people living in closed administrative-territorial formation in Ural region, Russia
D. Vakhrusheva (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation), T. Umpeleva (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation), N. Eremeeva (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation), L. Golubeva (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation), K. Belousova (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractWebcastSlide presentationE-poster
Universal genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) in Singapore, 2011-2017
Y. Wang (Singapore, Singapore), L. Lim (Singapore, Singapore), L. Hsu (Singapore, Singapore), L. Sng (Singapore, Singapore), V. Lee (Singapore, Singapore), C. Chee (Singapore, Singapore)
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