TY -的T1 -对解决结核病vulnerable groups in the European Union: the E-DETECT TB consortium JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.02604-2017 VL - 51 IS - 5 SP - 1702604 AU - Abubakar, Ibrahim AU - Matteelli, Alberto AU - de Vries, Gerard AU - Zenner, Dominik AU - Cirillo, Daniela M. AU - Lönnroth, Knut AU - Popescu, Gilda AU - Barcellini, Lucia AU - Story, Alistair AU - Migliori, Giovanni Battista Y1 - 2018/05/01 UR - //www.qdcxjkg.com/content/51/5/1702604.abstract N2 - Tuberculosis (TB) in the European Union (EU) is increasingly a public health problem that disproportionately and increasingly affects risk groups. The 30 EU/European Economic Area (EEA) countries reported 60 195 cases of TB in 2015; 4.1% of which was multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB [1]. The European Respiratory Society, the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and other partners have articulated potential solutions that are embedded into the new global approach for TB control, the End TB Strategy [2–5]. Within the context of the TB elimination framework for low-incidence countries in Western Europe [5], and the TB action plan for the WHO European Region 2016–2020 that addresses the whole region with greater emphasis on high-burden countries [6], it is apparent that concrete trans-national evidence-based interventional projects are needed. To address the high disease burden of TB in vulnerable EU populations we have formed the Early DETECTion of tuberculosis consortium (E-DETECT TB). It brings together world leading TB experts in national public health agencies with industry and major academic centres, and its membership reflects the incidence of TB in different EU countries (figure 1). E-DETECT TB uses evidenced-based approaches to target vulnerable populations, including migrants to the EU, homeless persons, prisoners, problem drug users and those with MDR-TB (table 1). Here we outline the key objectives and progress of this major European TB initiative with a special focus on migrant screening in Italy and active case finding in vulnerable groups in Romania.Tackling tuberculosis requires early diagnosis, treatment and innovative transdisciplinary action through pan-European projects http://ow.ly/1sfJ30jy3VBThe authors gratefully acknowledge the E-DETECT TB (709624) project which has received funding from the European Union's Health Programme (2014–2020). The views expressed here are the authors only and are their sole responsibility; it cannot be considered to reflect the views of the European Commission and/or the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency or any other body of the EU. We are grateful to the staff of the consortium and project partners and colleagues who have commented on this manuscript (G. Stancanelli, V. Hack, M. Seng and D. Menezes). ER -