Imported Infectious Diseases in Mobile Populations, Spain

Migration has contributed to the emergence of certain infectious diseases. To determine which infectious diseases were most common among 2 mobile immigrant groups (sub-Saharan Africans and Latin Americans) in Spain, we analyzed health and demographic characteristics of 2,198 immigrants referred to t...

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Autores principales: Monge-Maillo, Begoña, Jiménez, B. Carolina, Pérez-Molina, José A., Norman, Francesca, Navarro, Miriam, Pérez-Ayala, Ana, Herrero, Juan M., Zamarrón, Pilar, López-Vélez, Rogelio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19891861
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090718
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Sumario:Migration has contributed to the emergence of certain infectious diseases. To determine which infectious diseases were most common among 2 mobile immigrant groups (sub-Saharan Africans and Latin Americans) in Spain, we analyzed health and demographic characteristics of 2,198 immigrants referred to the Tropical Medicine Unit of Ramón y Cajal Hospital over a 20-year period. The most frequent diagnoses were for latent tuberculosis (716 patients [32.6%]), filariasis (421 [19.2%]), hepatropic virus chronic infection (262 [19.2%]), intestinal parasites (242 [11.0%]), and malaria (212 [9.6%]). Health screening of immigrant populations is needed to ensure early diagnosis and treatment of potentially transmissible infections.

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