Trial reportPloS one2017
Increasing prevalence of infectious diseases in asylum seekers at a tertiary care hospital in Switzerland.
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- Louse-borne relapsing fever-A systematic review and analysis of the literature: Part 1-Epidemiology and diagnostic aspects.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Active and latent tuberculosis in refugees and asylum seekers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Ivermectin and permethrin for treating scabies.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Communicable Diseases Prevalence among Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Infectious disease reports · 2023Review
- Factors Influencing the Frequency of Airway Infections in Underage Refugees: A Retrospective, Cross Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The public health control of scabies: priorities for research and action.Lancet (London, England) · 2019Review
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- Child Morbidity and Disease Burden in Refugee Camps in Mainland Greece.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- The paediatric participation scale measuring participation restrictions among former Buruli Ulcer patients under the age of 15 in Ghana and Benin: Development and first validation results.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Whole Genome Sequencing for Surveillance of Diphtheria in Low Incidence Settings.Frontiers in public health · 2019Review
- Notifiable infectious diseases in refugees and asylum seekers: experience from a major reception center in Munich, Germany.Infection · 2018Article
- Efficacy of ivermectin mass-drug administration to control scabies in asylum seekers in the Netherlands: A retrospective cohort study between January 2014 - March 2016.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Clinical assessment is a neglected component of outbreak preparedness: evidence from refugee camps in Greece.BMC medicine · 2018Article
- The global burden of scabies: a cross-sectional analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe increasing number of refugees seeking asylum in Europe in recent years poses new challenges for the healthcare systems in the destination countries. The goal of the study was to describe the evolution of medical problems of asylum seekers at a tertiary care centre in Switzerland.
methodsAt the University Hospital Basel, we compared all asylum seekers during two 1-year time periods in 2004/05 and 2014/15 concerning demographic characteristics and reasons for referrals and hospitalizations.
resultsHundred ninety five of 2'544 and 516 of 6'243 asylum seekers registered at the national asylum reception and procedure centre Basel were referred to the University Hospital Basel in 2004/05 and 2014/15, and originated mainly from Europe (62.3%, mainly Turkey) and Africa (49.1%, mainly Eritrea), respectively. Median age was similar in both study periods (26.9 and 26.2 years). Infectious diseases in asylum seekers increased from 22.6% to 36.6% (p<0.001) and were the main reasons for hospitalizations (33.3% of 45 and 55.6% of 81 hospitalized patients, p = 0.017) in 2004/05 compared to 2014/15. The leading infectious diseases in hospitalized patients were tuberculosis (n = 4) and bacterial skin infections (n = 2) in 2004/05; Malaria (n = 9), pneumonia (n = 6), Chickenpox (n = 5), other viral infections (n = 5) and bacterial skin infections (n = 5) in 2014/15. Infectious diseases like malaria, cutaneous diphtheria, louseborne-relapsing fever or scabies were only found in the second study period. Almost one third of the admitted asylum seekers required isolation precautions with median duration of 6-9.5 days in both study periods.
conclusionsThe changing demography of asylum seekers arriving in Switzerland in the current refugee crisis has led to a shift in disease patterns with an increase of infectious diseases and the re-emergence of migration-associated neglected infections. Physicians should be aware of these new challenges.
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