Screening for infectious diseases among unaccompanied minor refugees in Berlin, 2014–2015 | Zendy

Stefanie Theuring | Zendy; Barbara Friedrich-Jänicke | Zendy; Kirsten Pörtner | Zendy; Isabel Trebesch | Zendy; Anita Durst | Zendy; Sebastian Dieckmann | Zendy; Florian Steiner | Zendy; Gundel Harms | Zendy; Frank P. Mockenhaupt | Zendy

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Screening for infectious diseases among unaccompanied minor refugees in Berlin, 2014–2015

Author(s) -

Stefanie Theuring,

Barbara Friedrich-Jänicke,

Kirsten Pörtner,

Isabel Trebesch,

Anita Durst,

Sebastian Dieckmann,

Florian Steiner,

Gundel Harms,

Frank P. Mockenhaupt

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

european journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.825

H-Index - 111

eISSN - 1573-7284

pISSN - 0393-2990

DOI - 10.1007/s10654-016-0187-x

Subject(s) - medicine , refugee , tuberculosis , schistosomiasis , infectious disease (medical specialty) , public health , epidemiology , immunology , helminths , disease , pathology , archaeology , history

Infectious diseases (except tuberculosis) were screened among 1248 unaccompanied minor refugees (UMRs) arriving in Berlin in 2014-2015; 40 % originated from Syria. More than half of the refugees presented without any pathologic finding. Infections requiring treatment were diagnosed in 19.6 %, mainly infections with Giardia and intestinal helminths as well as schistosomiasis, while potentially contagious diseases were diagnosed in 15.3 % of all screened UMRs.

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