Query into Tuberculosis Infection Screening and Management among Pregnant Migrants, Europe.
Filippo Cioli Puviani, Amina Zaffagnini, Cristina Mazzi, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Francesco Di Gennaro, Ferenc Balázs Farkas, Lorenzo Guglielmetti, Yousra Kherabi, et al. (13 authors)
Emerging infectious diseases · 2026-03
Abstract
Pregnant migrant women face increased tuberculosis vulnerability. We queried clinicians in Europe on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection screening and management among pregnant migrants. Fewer than half reported routinely performing screening, and diagnostic and preventive practices varied widely. Those responses highlight substantial heterogeneity and uncertainty in current M. tuberculosis infection screening practices.
MeSH terms
- Humans
- Female
- Pregnancy
- Europe
- Transients and Migrants
- Tuberculosis
- Mass Screening
- Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Adult
- Disease Management