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

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  • Paolo Giorgi Rossi

    (Interinstitutional Epidemiology Unit, AUSL Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy
    Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy)

  • Flavia Riccardo

    (National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy)

  • Annamaria Pezzarossi

    (Interinstitutional Epidemiology Unit, AUSL Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy
    Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy)

  • Paola Ballotari

    (Interinstitutional Epidemiology Unit, AUSL Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy
    Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy)

  • Maria Grazia Dente

    (National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy)

  • Christian Napoli

    (National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy)

  • Antonio Chiarenza

    (Research and Innovation Unit, AUSL Reggio Emilia, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy)

  • Cesar Velasco Munoz

    (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 17183 Stockholm, Sweden
    IS Global, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic, 08036 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Teymur Noori

    (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 17183 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Silvia Declich

    (National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

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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  • Paolo Giorgi Rossi & Flavia Riccardo & Annamaria Pezzarossi & Paola Ballotari & Maria Grazia Dente & Christian Napoli & Antonio Chiarenza & Cesar Velasco Munoz & Teymur Noori & Silvia Declich, 2017. "Factors Influencing the Accuracy of Infectious Disease Reporting in Migrants: A Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-14, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:14:y:2017:i:7:p:720-:d:103676
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    1. Tommi Kärki & Christian Napoli & Flavia Riccardo & Massimo Fabiani & Maria Grazia Dente & Manuel Carballo & Teymur Noori & Silvia Declich, 2014. "Screening for Infectious Diseases among Newly Arrived Migrants in EU/EEA Countries—Varying Practices but Consensus on the Utility of Screening," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-11, October.
    2. Riccardo, Flavia & Dente, Maria Grazia & Kojouharova, Mira & Fabiani, Massimo & Alfonsi, Valeria & Kurchatova, Anna & Vladimirova, Nadezhda & Declich, Silvia, 2012. "Migrant's access to immunization in Mediterranean Countries," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 105(1), pages 17-24.
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