Screening Practices for Infectious Diseases among Burmese Refugees in Australia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Chaves, Nadia J. ; Gibney, Katherine B. ; Leder, Karin ; O’Brien, Daniel P. ; Marshall, Caroline ; Biggs, Beverley-Ann
• Description:
  Increasing numbers of refugees from Burma (Myanmar) are resettling in Western countries. We performed a retrospective study of 156 Burmese refugees at an Australian teaching hospital. Of those tested, Helicobacter pylori infection affected 80%, latent tuberculosis 70%, vitamin D deficiency 37%, and strongyloidiasis 26%. Treating these diseases can prevent long-term illness.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Cohort Studies Communicable Diseases, Emerging Female Helicobacter Infections Hepatitis B, Chronic Humans Latent Tuberculosis Male Mass Screening Middle Aged Parasitic Diseases Refugees Retrospective Studies Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(11):1769-1772.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Myanmar ; Victoria, Australia
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:962cf472c0fe3941ef8299a70bb21991b354b81844fe2eb0314f1345c11237be
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17968/cdc_17968_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 249.68 KB ]