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
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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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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author Chaves, Nadia J.
Gibney, Katherine B.
Leder, Karin
O’Brien, Daniel P.
Marshall, Caroline
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description 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 strongyloidiasis 26%. Treating these diseases can prevent long-term illness.
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spelling pubmed-28572472010-05-06 Screening Practices for Infectious Diseases among Burmese Refugees in Australia Chaves, Nadia J. Gibney, Katherine B. Leder, Karin O’Brien, Daniel P. Marshall, Caroline Biggs, Beverley-Ann Emerg Infect Dis Research 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 strongyloidiasis 26%. Treating these diseases can prevent long-term illness. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-11 /pmc/articles/PMC2857247/ /pubmed/19891864 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090777 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Chaves, Nadia J.
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title_sort screening practices for infectious diseases among burmese refugees in australia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857247/
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