Tuberculosis and Notifiable Skin Diseases Amongst A Representative Cohort of Refugees in Germany (2014–16)

Tuberculosis and Notifiable Skin Diseases Amongst A Representative Cohort of Refugees in Germany (2014–16)

Abstract Until now, systematic surveillance for infectious diseases in refugees is still missing. For that reason, this study aims at illustrating the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) and notifiable skin diseases in a representative cohort of refugees in Lippe, a district of the federal state of Nort...

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