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Factors Influencing the Accuracy of Infectious Disease Reporting
                in Migrants: A Scoping Review

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We conducted a scoping review of literature to improve our
                understanding of the accuracy of infectious disease monitoring
                in migrants in the Europe. We searched PubMed for papers
                relevant to the topic including: case reports, observational and
                experimental studies, reviews, guidelines or policy documents;
                published after 1994. We identified 532 papers, 27 of which were
                included in the review. Legislation and right to access health
                care influence both the accuracy of rates and risk measures
                under estimating the at risk population, i.e., the denominator.
                Furthermore, the number of reported cases, i.e., the numerator,
                may also include cases not accounted for in the denominator.
                Both biases lead to an overestimated disease occurrence.
                Restriction to healthcare access and low responsiveness may
                cause under-detection of cases, however a quantification of this
                phenomenon has not been produced. On the contrary, screening for
                asymptomatic diseases increases ascertainment leading to
                increased detection of cases. Incompleteness of denominator data
                underestimates the at-risk population. In conclusion, most
                studies show a lower probability of under-reporting infectious
                diseases in migrants compared with native populations.

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Reproducció del document publicat a:
                http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14070720

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public
                Health, 2017, vol. 14, num. 7, 14 p.

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cc by (c) Paolo Giorgi Rossi et al., 2017

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Factors Influencing the Accuracy of Infectious Disease Reporting
                in Migrants: A Scoping Review