European Journal of Epidemiology
Volume 31, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 707-710

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

Theuring S.* , Friedrich-Jänicke B. , Pörtner K. , Trebesch I. , Durst A. , Dieckmann S. , Steiner F. , Harms G. , Mockenhaupt F.P.
  • a Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany
  • b Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany
  • c Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany
  • d Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany
  • e Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany
  • f Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany
  • g Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany
  • h Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany
  • i Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany

Abstract

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. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

Author Keywords

Infectious diseases screening Giardia Unaccompanied minor refugees Germany

Index Keywords

Plasmodium ovale Vulnerable Populations vulnerable population Giardia intestinalis Germany parasitosis refugee mass screening Cryptosporidium Letter sex ratio human Communicable Diseases Refugees statistics and numerical data giardiasis Malaria Minors screening cross-sectional study Humans Adolescent clinical examination Infant, Newborn male preschool child female tuberculosis Infant Child, Preschool newborn immunofluorescence microscopy Syphilis diarrhea scabies minor (person) disease transmission major clinical study Syrian schistosomiasis Sex Distribution Plasmodium falciparum chronic hepatitis B age distribution infection mycosis hepatitis B Berlin Child

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DOI: 10.1007/s10654-016-0187-x
ISSN: 03932990
Cited by: 24
Original Language: English