作者
Anne E McCarthy, Leisa H Weld, Elizabeth D Barnett, Heidi So, Christina Coyle, Christina Greenaway, William Stauffer, Karin Leder, Rogelio Lopez-Velez, Phillipe Gautret, Francesco Castelli, Nancy Jenks, Patricia F Walker, Louis Loutan, Martin Cetron, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
发表日期
2013/4/1
期刊
Clinical infectious diseases
卷号
56
期号
7
页码范围
925-933
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Background. Increasing international migration may challenge healthcare providers unfamiliar with acute and long latency infections and diseases common in this population. This study defines health conditions encountered in a large heterogenous group of migrants.
Methods. Migrants seen at GeoSentinel clinics for any reason, other than those seen at clinics only providing comprehensive protocol-based health screening soon after arrival, were included. Proportionate morbidity for syndromes and diagnoses by country or region of origin were determined and compared.
Results. A total of 7629 migrants from 153 countries were seen at 41 GeoSentinel clinics in 19 countries. Most (59%) were adults aged 19–39 years; 11% were children. Most (58%) were seen >1 year after arrival; 27% were seen after >5 years. The most common …
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