Helminth-related Eosinophilia in African Immigrants, Gran Canaria

Of 788 recent African adult immigrants to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 213 (27.0%) had eosinophilia. The most frequent causes were filariasis (29.4%), schistosomiasis (17.2%), and hookworm infection (16.8%). Stool microscopy and filarial and schistosomal serologic tests gave the highest diagnostic yi...

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Autores principales: Pardo, Javier, Carranza, Cristina, Muro, Antonio, Angel-Moreno, Alfonso, Martín, Antonio-Manuel, Martín, Teresa, Hernández-Cabrera, Michele, Pérez-Arellano, José-Luis
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17176579
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.060102
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author Pardo, Javier
Carranza, Cristina
Muro, Antonio
Angel-Moreno, Alfonso
Martín, Antonio-Manuel
Martín, Teresa
Hernández-Cabrera, Michele
Pérez-Arellano, José-Luis
author_facet Pardo, Javier
Carranza, Cristina
Muro, Antonio
Angel-Moreno, Alfonso
Martín, Antonio-Manuel
Martín, Teresa
Hernández-Cabrera, Michele
Pérez-Arellano, José-Luis
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description Of 788 recent African adult immigrants to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 213 (27.0%) had eosinophilia. The most frequent causes were filariasis (29.4%), schistosomiasis (17.2%), and hookworm infection (16.8%). Stool microscopy and filarial and schistosomal serologic tests gave the highest diagnostic yield. Country of origin and eosinophil count were associated with specific diagnoses.
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spelling pubmed-32909402012-03-06 Helminth-related Eosinophilia in African Immigrants, Gran Canaria Pardo, Javier Carranza, Cristina Muro, Antonio Angel-Moreno, Alfonso Martín, Antonio-Manuel Martín, Teresa Hernández-Cabrera, Michele Pérez-Arellano, José-Luis Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Of 788 recent African adult immigrants to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 213 (27.0%) had eosinophilia. The most frequent causes were filariasis (29.4%), schistosomiasis (17.2%), and hookworm infection (16.8%). Stool microscopy and filarial and schistosomal serologic tests gave the highest diagnostic yield. Country of origin and eosinophil count were associated with specific diagnoses. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3290940/ /pubmed/17176579 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.060102 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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Pardo, Javier
Carranza, Cristina
Muro, Antonio
Angel-Moreno, Alfonso
Martín, Antonio-Manuel
Martín, Teresa
Hernández-Cabrera, Michele
Pérez-Arellano, José-Luis
Helminth-related Eosinophilia in African Immigrants, Gran Canaria
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title_short Helminth-related Eosinophilia in African Immigrants, Gran Canaria
title_sort helminth-related eosinophilia in african immigrants, gran canaria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17176579
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.060102
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