ESCMID: ESGITM

Aims and objectives

The ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Travellers and Migrants (ESGITM) is dedicated to improving global knowledge and collaboration in research on travel-related infections. Together, ESGITM is committed to:

Bringing together experts from different countries to provide a forum for sharing knowledge and expertise
Promoting collaborative research to obtain multi-centre data on the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and prevention of travel-related infections
Promoting multidisciplinary management of infections in travellers and immigrants
Offering advice for travellers’ and immigrants’ health education programmes
Promoting awareness of the importance of travel- and migration-related infections in scientific community, public, and stakeholders
Providing educational events for infectious diseases (ID) and clinical microbiology (CM) specialists
Working together with related ESCMID study groups
Stimulating the cooperation between ESCMID and other international organisations interested in travel-associated infections

Activities and resources

ESGITM Newsletter, October 2024

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ESGITM Newsletter, July 2024

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Incidence and clinical significance of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among migrants in Denmark: A nationwide register-based cohort study from 1991 through 2021.

Dahl VN, Hermansen TS, Andersen AB, van Ingen J, Svensson E, Wejse CM, Lillebaek T; ESGITM and ESGMYC.Travel Med Infect Dis. 2024 Sep-Oct;61:102736

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Healthcare for VFR Travellers, Working with the Migrant Diaspora

30 January, 2025 at 12:30 CET

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Outreach for Inclusion Health Settings: Infection diagnostics for hard to reach populations

11 June 2024

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