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Iatrogenic Blood-borne Viral Infections in Refugee Children from War and Transition Zones

Author(s) -

Paul N. Goldwater

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

emerging infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.54

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1080-6059

pISSN - 1080-6040

DOI - 10.3201/eid1906.120806

Subject(s) - refugee , medicine , viral hepatitis , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , health care , public health , hepatitis , virology , immunology , intensive care medicine , economic growth , political science , pathology , law , economics

Pediatric infectious disease clinicians in industrialized countries may encounter iatrogenically transmitted HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus infections in refugee children from Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. The consequences of political collapse and/or civil war-work migration, prostitution, intravenous drug use, defective public health resources, and poor access to good medical care-all contribute to the spread of blood-borne viruses. Inadequate infection control practices by medical establishments can lead to iatrogenic infection of children. Summaries of 4 cases in refugee children in Australia are a salient reminder of this problem.

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