Low Number of Neuroinfections in Migrants to Greece from Syria and Iraq Comparison to Migrants from Burundi and Congo to Rwand

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Communicable diseases in the immigrant population attended to in a tropical medicine unit: epidemiological aspects and public health issues.

Christian Manzardo, Begoña Treviño, Jordi i Prat … (2015)

For geographical and historical reasons, Spain is receiving an increasing number of immigrants. The aim of this study was to evaluate some epidemiological aspects and the main public health issues of communicable diseases in Barcelona's immigrant population. From 2001 to 2004, a population of immigrants from tropical, subtropical regions and Eastern Europe was attended to in our centre. Each patient was offered a complete screening for tropical and common diseases. The prevalence and demographical characteristics of eight diseases with a potential risk of transmission in our setting were studied: latent and active tuberculosis, syphilis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), Chagas disease, Giardia intestinalis and Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar. In all, 2464 immigrants mainly from sub-Saharan Africa were seen. Among the patients who underwent the screening, 46.5% had a positive tuberculin skin test (>or=10 mm), incidence of active tuberculosis was 324.7/100,000 immigrants in the period of the study, 6.4% had a positive syphilis serology, 7.7% had a positive HBsAg, 3.1% had a positive serology for HCV and 2.8% were HIV positive, 41 patients from Latin America with risk factors for American Trypanosomiasis were screened for Chagas disease by immunofluorescence assay and 34% had a positive result; 5.4% of stools parasitological tests were positive for G. intestinalis; 4.2% for E. histolytica/E. dispar. Communicable diseases in immigrant population could lead to emerging and re-emerging infections in the European Union with important issues for public health. European countries may have to establish guidelines for screening of infectious diseases in immigrants from low-income countries.

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Title: Clinical Social Work and Health Intervention

Abbreviated Title: CSWHI

Publisher: Journal of Clinical Social Work and Health Intervention

ISSN (Print): 2222386X

ISSN (Electronic): 20769741

Publication date Created: July 15 2017

Publication date (Print): July 15 2017

Volume: 8

Issue: 2

Pages: 16-18

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DOI: 10.22359/cswhi_8_2_03

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