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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Monge-Maillo, Begoña ; Jiménez, B. Carolina ; Pérez-Molina, José A. ; Norman, Francesca ; Navarro, Miriam ; ... More +
Monge-Maillo, Begoña ; Jiménez, B. Carolina ; Pérez-Molina, José A. ; Norman, Francesca ; Navarro, Miriam ; Pérez-Ayala, Ana ; Herrero, Juan M. ; Zamarrón, Pilar ; López-Vélez, Rogelio Less -
Description:
Migration has contributed to the emergence of certain infectious diseases. To determine which infectious diseases were most common among 2 mobile immigrant groups (sub-Saharan Africans and Latin Americans) in Spain, we analyzed health and demographic characteristics of 2,198 immigrants referred to the Tropical Medicine Unit of Ramon y Cajal Hospital over a 20-year period. The most frequent diagnoses were for latent tuberculosis (716 patients [32.6%]), filariasis (421 [19.2%]), hepatropic virus chronic infection (262 [19.2%]), intestinal parasites (242 [11.0%]), and malaria (212 [9.6%]). Health screening of immigrant populations is needed to ensure early diagnosis and treatment of potentially transmissible infections.
Subject:
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Adult
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Emigrants And Immigrants
Emigration And Immigration
Female
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
HIV Infections
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Parasitic Diseases
Public Health
Research
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Tuberculosis
Young Adult

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 15(11):1745-1752.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Africa South of the Sahara ; Latin America ; Spain
Africa South of the Sahara ; Latin America ; Spain Less -
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:cce969f5bc99af9c91f8796002f7bf6f6e5f5a3995d0246cc2a97fb4364182e1
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