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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Goldwater, Paul N.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Blood-Borne Pathogens Child Child, Preschool Female Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hiv Infections Humans Male Refugees Virus Diseases War

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 19(6):892-898.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Africa ; Australia
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5fa288a8542a6e78dcb4983d7451af55181a2bb3285ac944c144f64e3ee777a7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18898/cdc_18898_DS1.pdf
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