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- Title
Screening practices for infectious diseases among Burmese refugees in Australia.
- Authors
Chaves, Nadia J; Gibney, Katherine B; Leder, Karin; O'Brien, Daniel P; Marshall, Caroline; Biggs, Beverley-Ann
- Abstract
Increasing numbers of refugees from Burma (Myanmar) are resettling in Western countries. We performed a retrospective study of 156 Burmese refugees at an Australian teaching hospital. Of those tested, Helicobacter pylori infection affected 80%, latent tuberculosis 70%, vitamin D deficiency 37%, and strongyloidiasis 26%. Treating these diseases can prevent long-term illness.
- Publication
Emerging infectious diseases, 2009, Vol 15, Issue 11, p1769
- ISSN
1080-6059
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1511.090777