Publications by authors named "M-P Hergens"

Introduction: About 90% of active tuberculosis (TB) cases in Sweden are foreign born and are mainly due to latent TB infection (LTBI) reactivation. The aim of this study was to assess the current migrant LTBI screening programme with regards to test results and completion of the care cascade.

Method: A retrospective cohort of all 14173 individuals attending a health examination was established for the Stockholm Region 2015-2018 through record-linkage of data extracted from the Swedish Migration Authority and medical records.

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During an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis in Sweden when laboratory routine diagnostics failed to detect a causative agent, Sapporo virus was detected in stool specimens using electron microscopy (M.-P. Hergens, J.

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