ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2015
Screening of imported infectious diseases among asymptomatic sub-Saharan African and Latin American immigrants: a public health challenge.
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- [Imported infections of the central nervous system : Migration and travel neurology].Der Nervenarzt · 2020Article
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- Health Status of Asylum Seekers, Spain.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2018Article
- [Eosinophilia in pulmonary infections].Der Pneumologe · 2018Review
- Distribution and current infection status of Biomphalaria straminea in Hong Kong.Parasites & vectors · 2017Article
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Abstract
Migrants from developing countries are usually young and healthy but several studies report they may harbor asymptomatic infections for prolonged periods. Prevalence of infections were determined for asymptomatic immigrants from Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa who ettended to a European Tropical Medicine Referral Center from 2000 to 2009. A systematic screening protocol for selected infections was used. Data from 317 sub-Saharan Africans and 383 Latin Americans were analyzed. Patients were mostly young (mean age 29 years); there were significantly more males among sub-Saharan Africans (83% versus 31.6%) and pre-consultation period was longer for Latin Americans (5 versus 42 months). Diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), chronic hepatitis B and C virus infection, and latent tuberculosis were significantly more frequent in sub-Saharan Africans (2.3% versus 0.3%; 14% versus 1.6%; 1.3 versus 0%; 71% versus 32.1%). There were no significant differences in prevalence for syphilis and intestinal parasites. Malaria and schistosomiasis prevalence in sub-Saharan Africans was 4.6% and 5.9%, respectively, and prevalence of Chagas disease in Latin Americans was 48.5%. Identifying and treating asymptomatic imported infectious diseases may have an impact both for the individual concerned and for public health. Based on these results, a systematic screening protocol for asymptomatic immigrants is proposed.
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