http://scholars.ntou.edu.tw/handle/123456789/22193
Title: | Demographic Control Measure Implications of Tuberculosis Infection for Migrant Workers across Taiwan Regions | Authors: | Chen, Szu-Chieh Wang, Tzu-Yun Tsai, Hsin-Chieh Chen, Chi-Yun Lu, Tien-Hsuan Lin, Yi-Jun You, Shu-Han Yang, Ying-Fei Liao, Chung-Min |
Keywords: | LOW-INCIDENCE COUNTRIES;FOREIGN-BORN PERSONS;UNITED-STATES;MATHEMATICAL-MODELS;TRANSMISSION;EPIDEMIOLOGY;REACTIVATION;ELIMINATION;IMMIGRATION;POPULATION | Issue Date: | Aug-2022 | Publisher: | MDPI | Journal Volume: | 19 | Journal Issue: | 16 | Source: | INT J ENV RES PUB HE | Abstract: | A sharp increase in migrant workers has raised concerns for TB epidemics, yet optimal TB control strategies remain unclear in Taiwan regions. This study assessed intervention efforts on reducing tuberculosis (TB) infection among migrant workers. We performed large-scale data analyses and used them to develop a control-based migrant worker-associated susceptible-latently infected-infectious-recovered (SLTR) model. We used the SLTR model to assess potential intervention strategies such as social distancing, early screening, and directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) for TB transmission among migrant workers and locals in three major hotspot cities from 2018 to 2023. We showed that social distancing was the best single strategy, while the best dual measure was social distancing coupled with early screening. However, the effectiveness of the triple strategy was marginally (1-3%) better than that of the dual measure. Our study provides a mechanistic framework to facilitate understanding of TB transmission dynamics between locals and migrant workers and to recommend better prevention strategies in anticipation of achieving WHO's milestones by the next decade. Our work has implications for migrant worker-associated TB infection prevention on a global scale and provides a knowledge base for exploring how outcomes can be best implemented by alternative control measure approaches. |
URI: | http://scholars.ntou.edu.tw/handle/123456789/22193 | ISSN: | 1660-4601 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19169899 |
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