Screening Practices for Infectious Diseases among Burmese Refugees in Australia

Increasing numbers of refugees from Burma (Myanmar) are resettling in Western countries. We performed a retrospective study of 156 Burmese refugees at an Australian teaching hospital. Of those tested, Helicobacter pylori infection affected 80%, latent tuberculosis 70%, vitamin D deficiency 37%, and...

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Autores principales: Chaves, Nadia J., Gibney, Katherine B., Leder, Karin, O’Brien, Daniel P., Marshall, Caroline, Biggs, Beverley-Ann
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/PMC2857247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19891864
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090777

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19891864
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090777

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