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 1240-1249 (December 2014) DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70966-1 Copyright © 2014 Aldridge et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Study profile The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2014 14, 1240-1249DOI: (10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70966-1) Copyright © 2014 Aldridge et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
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 2014 14, 1240-1249DOI: (10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70966-1) Copyright © 2014 Aldridge et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
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 2014 14, 1240-1249DOI: (10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70966-1) Copyright © 2014 Aldridge et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions