Open AccessInfectious Disease Burden and Vaccination Needs Among Asylees Versus Refugees, District of Columbia
Author(s) -
Shua J. Chai,
John DaviesCole,
Susan T. Cookson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis927
Subject(s) - medicine , refugee , tuberculosis , vaccination , latent tuberculosis , population , tuberculin , infectious disease (medical specialty) , immunology , hepatitis b , disease , pediatrics , environmental health , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , archaeology , history
Unlike US-bound refugees, asylum seekers (asylees) apply for asylum while residing in the United States and are not provided a medical screening. Infectious disease burden and vaccination needs have not been described among US asylees.
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