Table 1

Bibliographic details of the included publications

IDFirst authorYear of publicationJournalType of articleCountrySettingStudy designCases (n)Study populationConcerned disease
r1Bonfiglio2020J Travel MedCommentaryUSADetention facilities for asylum seekersCOVID-19
r2Fassin2020Journal of Human RightsCommentaryFranceDetention facilities for asylum seekersCOVID-19
r3Bozorgmehr2020LancetCommentaryGermanyReception centres and municipal sheltersCOVID-19
r4Flüchtlingsrat Niedersachsen2020Grey LiteratureCommentaryGermanyReception centres and municipal sheltersCOVID-19
r5Greenaway2020J Travel MedCommentaryUSAAll types of sheltersCOVID-19
r6Kluge2020LancetCommentaryInternationalRefugee campsCOVID-19
r7Meyer2020Lancet Infectious DiseasesCommentaryUSADetention facilities for asylum seekersCOVID-19
r8Openshaw2021Clinical Infectious DiseasesCommentaryUSADetention facilities for asylum seekersCOVID-19
r9Razum2020GesundheitswesenCommentaryGermanyReception centres and municipal sheltersCOVID-19
r10Tallarek2020BMJ Global HealthCommentaryGermanyReception centres, municipal shelters and refugee campsCOVID-19
r11Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)2021Grey LiteratureGuidelineUSADetention facilities for asylum seekersCOVID-19
r12European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)2020Grey LiteratureGuidelineEU, Great BritainReception centres, municipal shelters and refugee campsCOVID-19
r13Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)2020Grey LiteratureGuidelineInternationalRefugee campsCOVID-19
r14Ministry of Health, Canada2020Grey LiteratureGuidelineCanadaOther settingsCOVID-19
r15Robert Koch Institute2021Grey LiteratureGuidelineGermanyReception centres and municipal sheltersCOVID-19
r16Sphere2020Grey LiteratureGuidelineInternationalOther settingsCOVID-19
r17Bozorgmehr2020GesundheitswesenGuidelineGermanyReception centres and municipal sheltersMA9785Asylum seekersCOVID-19
r18Biddle2021BundesgesundheitsblattOriginal researchGermanyReception centres and municipal sheltersQS48Employees in different sheltersCOVID-19
r19Doliwa-Klepacka2020Int J for the Semiotics of LawOriginal researchEU, Greece, PolandMunicipal shelters and refugee campsRRefugees in the EUCOVID-19
r20Gilman2020BMJ Glob HealthOriginal researchGreeceRefugee campsMS18 700Refugees in a campCOVID-19
r21Reddit2020CMAJ OpenOriginal researchCanadaOther settingsOR63Asylum seekers living in sheltersCOVID-19
r22Ciccozzi2018Public HealthOriginal researchItalyOther settingsOI22Asylum seekers living in sheltersAcute pharyngitis
r23de Valliere2011Int J of Infectious DiseasesOriginal researchSwitzerlandOther settingsOR858Asylum seekers living in sheltersVaricella
r24Dinleyici2020Hum Vaccin ImmunotherOriginal researchItaly, TurkeyRefugee campsRRefugeesMeningitis
r25Werber2017EurosurveillanceOriginal researchGermanyReception centresOR1344Asylum seekersMeasles
r26Georgakopoulou2016Epidemiology and InfectionOriginal researchGreeceOther settingsOR16Asylum seekers in a transit centreShigellosis
r27Grote2017Z GastroenterolOriginal researchGermanyRefugee campsOR982Asylum seekers living in a campNorovirus diarrhoea
r28Haas2014International HealthOriginal researchIsraelDetention facilities for asylum seekersOR109Asylum seekers in a detention facilityVaricella
r29Hoch2015EurosurveillanceOriginal researchGermanyOther settingsOI15RefugeesLouse-bornerelapsing fever
r30Kaic2001VaccineOriginal researchCroatiaRefugee campsOR108RefugeesHepatitis A
r31Lampl2019GMS Hyg Infect ControlOriginal researchGermanyReception centresOR491Asylum seekers in reception centresMeasles
r32Mueller2019BMC Infectious DiseasesOriginal researchSwitzerlandOther settingsOR48Asylum seekers in sheltersScabies
r33Robert Koch Institute2010Epid BullOriginal researchGermanyReception centresOR408Asylum seekers in reception centresVaricella
r34Takla2012Epidemiology and InfectionOriginal researchGermanyReception centresOR, MS427Asylum seekers in reception centresMeasles
r35Francesco2017EurosurveillanceOriginal researchItalyReception centresOR1278Asylum seekers in reception centresVaricella
r36Leiner2020J Emerg MedOriginal researchUSA, MexicoRefugee campsOR2000Asylum seekers in a campCOVID-19

  • EU, European Union; MA, meta-analysis; MS, modelling study; OI, outbreak investigation; OR, outbreak report; QS, qualitative study; R, literature review.