Hospitalizations for Respiratory Disease Among Unaccompanied Children from Central America — Multiple States, June–July 2014

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Nyangoma, Edith N. ; Arriola, Carmen Sofia ; Hagan, Jose ; Socias, Christina ; Tomczyk, Sara ; Watkins, Louise Francois ; Westercamp, Matthew ; Kim, Curi
• Description:
  During October 2013-June 2014, approximately 54,000 unaccompanied children, mostly from the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, were identified attempting entry into the United States from Mexico, exceeding numbers reported in previous years. Once identified in the United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, processes the unaccompanied children and transfers them to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), an office of the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ORR cares for the children in shelters until they can be released to a sponsor, typically a parent or relative, who can care for the child while their immigration case is processed. In June 2014, in response to the increased number of unaccompanied children, U.S. Customs and Border Protection expanded operations to accommodate children at a processing center in Nogales, Arizona. ORR, together with the U.S. Department of Defense, opened additional large temporary shelters for the children at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; U.S. Army Garrison Ft. Sill, Oklahoma; and Naval Base Ventura County, California.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Cluster Analysis Disease Outbreaks Hospitalization Humans Influenza, Human Male Notes From The Field Pneumonia, Pneumococcal Respiratory Tract Diseases
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2014; 63(32):698-699.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  25121713
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4584911
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Central America ; United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  32
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/54929/cdc_54929_DS1.pdf
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