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- Title
Imported infectious diseases in mobile populations, Spain.
- Authors
Monge-Maillo, Begoña; Jiménez, B Carolina; Pérez-Molina, José A; Norman, Francesca; Navarro, Miriam; Pérez-Ayala, Ana; Herrero, Juan M; Zamarrón, Pilar; López-Vélez, Rogelio
- Abstract
Migration has contributed to the emergence of certain infectious diseases. To determine which infectious diseases were most common among 2 mobile immigrant groups (sub-Saharan Africans and Latin Americans) in Spain, we analyzed health and demographic characteristics of 2,198 immigrants referred to the Tropical Medicine Unit of Ramon y Cajal Hospital over a 20-year period. The most frequent diagnoses were for latent tuberculosis (716 patients [32.6%]), filariasis (421 [19.2%]), hepatropic virus chronic infection (262 [19.2%]), intestinal parasites (242 [11.0%]), and malaria (212 [9.6%]). Health screening of immigrant populations is needed to ensure early diagnosis and treatment of potentially transmissible infections.
- Publication
Emerging infectious diseases, 2009, Vol 15, Issue 11, p1745
- ISSN
1080-6059
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1511.090718