posted on 2019-09-24, 12:50authored byManish Pareek, Teymur Noori, Sally Hargreaves, Maria Van den Muijsenbergh
Migration is an important driver of population dynamics in Europe. Although migrants are generally healthy, subgroups of migrants are at increased risk of a range of infectious diseases. Early identification of infections is important as it prevents morbidity and mortality. However, identifying infections needs to be supported by appropriate systems to link individuals to specialist care where they can receive further diagnostic tests and clinical management. In this commentary we will discuss the importance of linkage to care and how to minimise attrition in clinical pathways.
Funding
This work is supported by the European Health Group and European Centre for Disease Prevention and
Control (ECDC): FWC No ECDC/2015/016, Specific Contract No 1 ECD.5748. MP is supported by the National
Institute for Health Research (NIHR Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Manish Pareek, PDF-2015-08-102). The views
expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the National Institute
for Health Research or the Department of Health. SH is funded by the Imperial NIHR Biomedical Research
Centre, the Wellcome Trust (Grant number 209993/Z/17/Z), and the European Society for Clinical Microbiology
and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) through an ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Travellers and Migrants
(ESGITM) research grant.
History
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018, 15 (7)
Author affiliation
/Organisation/COLLEGE OF LIFE SCIENCES/School of Medicine/Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation
Version
VoR (Version of Record)
Published in
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health