Iatrogenic Blood-borne Viral Infections in Refugee Children from War and Transition Zones

Goldwater, Paul N.

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Iatrogenic Blood-borne Viral Infections in Refugee Children from War and Transition Zones

Published Date:

Jun 2013

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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(6):892-898.

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Goldwater, Paul N.

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Pediatric infectious disease clinicians in industrialized countries may encounter iatrogenically transmitted HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus infections in refugee children from Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. The consequences of political collapse and/or civil war-work migration, prostitution, intravenous drug use, defective public health resources, and poor access to good medical care-all contribute to the spread of blood-borne viruses. Inadequate infection control practices by medical establishments can lead to iatrogenic infection of children. Summaries of 4 cases in refugee children in Australia are a salient reminder of this problem.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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