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Review of infectious diseases in refugees and asylum seekers-current status and going forward.
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- Prevalence of hepatitis B virus amongst refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Journal of viral hepatitis · 2023Pooled it
- Reducing burden from respiratory infections in refugees and immigrants: a systematic review of interventions in OECD, EU, EEA and EU-applicant countries.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Active and latent tuberculosis in refugees and asylum seekers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Promoting migrant health as a universal right in the United Kingdom.BMC global and public health · 2026Review
- Design and results of a pilot community screening strategy for hepatitis B and hepatitis C to promote early access to treatment among migrant populations from high-prevalence countries residing in Catalonia (MiCatC).Journal of migration and health · 2026Article
- Associations of migrant and refugee status with physical comorbidity and mortality among young adults with incident non-affective psychotic disorders.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Special needs of refugees with substance use disorders from conflict-affected countries: a comparison with German-born individuals.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Observational
- Knowledge and Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: A Feasibility and Pilot Study in a Primary Healthcare Setting in Rural Eastern Cape, South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with TB among presumptive TB patients in war-affected areas of North Wollo, Ethiopia.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2025Article
- Health of refugee children upon arrival in high-income countries: A scoping review.Journal of migration and health · 2025Review
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- Chickenpox Outbreaks in Three Refugee Camps on Mainland Greece, 2016-2017: A Retrospective Study.Prehospital and disaster medicine · 2024Article
- Funding for Refugee Health Research From the National Institutes of Health Between 2000 and 2020.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Evidence forPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Changing landscape of paediatric refugee health in South Western Sydney, Australia: a retrospective observational study.BMJ open · 2023Observational
- [Early crisis response to the COVID-19 pandemic in collective accommodation facilities for refugees : Analysis of cross-actor working arrangements from the perspective of the reception authorities in Germany].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2023Article
- A Mobile-Based Preventive Intervention for Young, Arabic-Speaking Asylum Seekers During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: Design and Implementation.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Communicable Diseases Prevalence among Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Infectious disease reports · 2023Review
- Immigrants, health, and the impact of COVID-19: A narrative review.F1000Research · 2023Review
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Abstract
An unprecedented rise in the number of asylum seekers and refugees was seen in Europe in 2015, and it seems that numbers are not going to be reduced considerably in 2016. Several studies have tried to estimate risk of infectious diseases associated with migration but only very rarely these studies make a distinction on reason for migration. In these studies, workers, students, and refugees who have moved to a foreign country are all taken to have the same disease epidemiology. A common disease epidemiology across very different migrant groups is unlikely, so in this review of infectious diseases in asylum seekers and refugees, we describe infectious disease prevalence in various types of migrants. We identified 51 studies eligible for inclusion. The highest infectious disease prevalence in refugee and asylum seeker populations have been reported for latent tuberculosis (9-45%), active tuberculosis (up to 11%), and hepatitis B (up to 12%). The same population had low prevalence of malaria (7%) and hepatitis C (up to 5%). There have been recent case reports from European countries of cutaneous diphtheria, louse-born relapsing fever, and shigella in the asylum-seeking and refugee population. The increased risk that refugees and asylum seekers have for infection with specific diseases can largely be attributed to poor living conditions during and after migration. Even though we see high transmission in the refugee populations, there is very little risk of spread to the autochthonous population. These findings support the efforts towards creating a common European standard for the health reception and reporting of asylum seekers and refugees.
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