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Are we doing enough for controlling tuberculosis and multi-drug resistance in an epicenter of the current migration emergency (Calabria Region, Southern Italy)?

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The datasets generated in this retrospective analysis are available from the corresponding author C.T. on reasonable request.

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Acknowledgements

Calabria TB group, besides the main authors of this paper, includes the following clinicians: Chiara Costa, Lucio Cosco, Antonio Mastroianni, Giuseppe Foti, Carmelo Battaglia, Serrao Nicola, Maurizio Pino, Tommasina Nicoletta, Michele Brogna, Alfredo Vallone, Caterina Filia, Domenico Calabrò, Giorgio Carlo Cotrona, Lorenzo Antonio Surace, Giuseppina Berardelli, and Alessandro Russo.

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  1. Salvatore Nisticò and Carlo Torti have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Unit of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University “Magna Graecia”, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy

    Salvatore Rotundo, Helen Linda Morrone, Enrico Maria Trecarichi & Carlo Torti

  2. Department of Health Sciences, “Magna Graecia” University, Catanzaro, Italy

    Luigia Gallo & Giovanni Matera

  3. Microbiology and Virology Unit, “Annunziata” Hospital, Cosenza, Italy

    Saveria Dodaro & Francesca Greco

  4. Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Unit, Great Metropolitan Hospital “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli”, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Francesco D’Aleo & Luigi Principe

  5. Unit of Microbiology and Virology, Renato Dulbecco” University Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy

    Pasquale Minchella & Salvatore Nisticò

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SR: conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, writing; HLM: visualization, writing; LG: data curation, investigation, visualization; SD: data curation, visualization; DAF: data curation visualization; PM: validation, visualization; GM: supervision, validation, visualization; FG: data curation, supervision, validation, visualization; LP: conceptualization, data curation, supervision, validation; EMT: conceptualization, methodology, supervision, visualization; SN: conceptualization, methodology, project administration, supervision, validation; CT: conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, methodology, project administration, validation, writing. SN e CT contributed equally to this work.

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The present data were collected after the mandate of the Regional Health Authority to provide useful information to plan appropriate interventions. According to decree 196/2003 (“Italian Privacy Code”) and decree 101/2018 (“Harmonization Decree” harmonizing the Italian data protection laws with the provision of the General Data Protection Regulation 679/2016 GDPR), the processing of anonymized data does not require authorization by patients if carried out in the performance of public interest or public powers based on a provision of law.

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Rotundo, S., Morrone, H.L., Gallo, L. et al. Are we doing enough for controlling tuberculosis and multi-drug resistance in an epicenter of the current migration emergency (Calabria Region, Southern Italy)?. Infection 52, 277–279 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-023-02106-8

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