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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2013

Decreasing intestinal parasites in recent Northern California refugees.

Alicia H Chang, Sharon Perry, Jenny N T Du, Abdulkareem Agunbiade, Andrea Polesky, Julie Parsonnet

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In one paragraph

Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02740140 (Epidemiology of H. Pylori Transmission and Immunoepidemiology of Concomitant Infections), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02740140 completednot on this map

Epidemiology of H. Pylori Transmission and Immunoepidemiology of Concomitant Infections

TypeobservationalSponsorStanford UniversityRan2008 to 2013Enrolled1,750ConditionsCommunicable Diseases
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Molecular epidemiology and genotype diversity of Dientamoeba fragilis in a Czech hospital-based cohort: higher prevalence in paediatric patients and evidence of mixed G1/G2 infection in a single patient.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  3. Epidemiology and infection · 2025
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  7. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in a Low-Income Texas Community.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020
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  8. Health Status of Asylum Seekers, Spain.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018
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  9. Parasitic stool testing in newly arrived refugees in Calgary, Alta.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2017
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  12. Infectious Diseases in Sub-Saharan Immigrants to Spain.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2016
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  13. Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Cambodian Refugees.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alicia H ChangDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA. achang2@stanford.edu
Sharon Perry
Jenny N T Du
Abdulkareem Agunbiade
Andrea Polesky
Julie Parsonnet
Stanford University · US

Funding

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI TRANSMISSIONR01AI042801 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PARSONNET, JULIE · 1999 to 2010
$6.2M
Predictors of tuberculosis by stage of insulin resistanceK23AI091688 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHANG, ALICIA HSIN-MING · 2011 to 2015
$666k
Immunoepidemiology of Concomittant InfectionK23AI054443 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PERRY, SHARON · 2004 to 2008
$657k
NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI054443NIAID NIH HHS K23AI054443NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI091688NIAID NIH HHS K23AI091688NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI042801NIAID NIH HHS R01AI042801NIAID NIH HHS R01AI042801-10SI
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beginning in 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expanded the overseas presumptive treatment of intestinal parasites with albendazole to include refugees from the Middle East. We surveyed the prevalence of helminths and protozoa in recent Middle Eastern refugees (2008-2010) in comparison with refugees from other geographical regions and from a previous survey (2001-2004) in Santa Clara County, California. Based on stool microscopy, helminth infections decreased, particularly in Middle Eastern refugees (0.1% versus 2.3% 2001-2004, P = 0.01). Among all refugees, Giardia intestinalis was the most common protozoan found. Protozoa infections also decreased somewhat in Middle Eastern refugees (7.2%, 2008-2010 versus 12.9%, 2001-2004, P = 0.08). Serology for Strongyloides stercoralis and Schistosoma spp. identified more infected individuals than stool exams. Helminth infections are increasingly rare in refugees to Northern California. Routine screening stool microscopy may be unnecessary in all refugees.

Indexed as

RefugeesAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCaliforniaChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornIntestinesMaleMiddle AgedMiddle East

Identifiers

PMID23149583
PMCPMC3541735
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