Profile of illness in Syrian refugees: A GeoSentinel analysis, 2013 to 2015.

Authors :: Mockenhaupt FP
Barbre KA
Jensenius M
Larsen CS
Barnett ED
Stauffer W
Rothe C
Asgeirsson H
Hamer DH
Esposito DH
Gautret P
Schlagenhauf P
Source :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2016; Vol. 21 (10), pp. 30160.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Screening of 488 Syrian unaccompanied minor refugees (< 18 years-old) in Berlin showed low prevalence of intestinal parasites (Giardia, 7%), positive schistosomiasis serology (1.4%) and absence of hepatitis B. Among 44 ill adult Syrian refugees examined at GeoSentinel clinics worldwide, cutaneous leishmaniasis affected one in three patients; other noteworthy infections were active tuberculosis (11%) and chronic hepatitis B or C (9%). These data can contribute to evidence-based guidelines for infectious disease screening of Syrian refugees.

Subjects :: Adolescent
Ambulatory Care Facilities
Berlin epidemiology
Child
Cohort Studies
Communicable Diseases classification
Communicable Diseases epidemiology
Emigrants and Immigrants
Female
Humans
Male
Syria ethnology
Health Status
Mass Screening statistics & numerical data
Refugees statistics & numerical data
Sentinel Surveillance

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1560-7917
Volume :: 21
Issue :: 10
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 26987893
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.10.30160