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Profile of illness in Syrian refugees: A GeoSentinel analysis, 2013 to 2015
- Frank P. Mockenhaupt1 , Kira A. Barbre2 , Mogens Jensenius3 , Carsten S. Larsen4 , Elizabeth D. Barnett5 , William Stauffer6 , Camilla Rothe7 , Hilmir Asgeirsson8 , Davidson H. Hamer9 , Douglas H. Esposito2 , Philippe Gautret10 , Patricia Schlagenhauf11
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2 Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States 3 Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway 4 Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark 5 Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States 6 Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, St Paul, United States 7 University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Bernhard Nocht Clinic, Hamburg, Germany 8 Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 9 Department of Global Health and Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health; Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, MA, USA 10 University Hospital Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France 11 University of Zürich Centre for Travel Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers’ Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Zürich, SwitzerlandCorrespondence:Frank P. Mockenhauptfrank.mockenhaupt charite.de
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Citation style for this article: Mockenhaupt Frank P., Barbre Kira A., Jensenius Mogens, Larsen Carsten S., Barnett Elizabeth D., Stauffer William, Rothe Camilla, Asgeirsson Hilmir, Hamer Davidson H., Esposito Douglas H., Gautret Philippe, Schlagenhauf Patricia. Profile of illness in Syrian refugees: A GeoSentinel analysis, 2013 to 2015 . Euro Surveill. 2016;21(10):pii=30160. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.10.30160 Received: 16 Feb 2016; Accepted: 09 Mar 2016
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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.
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Profile of illness in Syrian refugees: A GeoSentinel analysis, 2013 to 2015
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