Revue Medicale Suisse
Volume 12, Issue 514, 2016, Pages 749-753

European migrant crisis and reemergence of infections in Switzerland [Crise migratoire et résurgence d'infections en Suisse] (Article)

Jaton L. , Kritikos A. , Bodenmann P. , Greub G. , Merz L.
  • a Centre de Médecine Générale, PMU, CHUV, Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland
  • b Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Département de Médecine, CHUV, Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland
  • c Unité des Populations Vulnérables, PMU, CHUV, Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland
  • d Institut de Microbiologie, Département des Laboratoires, CHUV, Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland
  • e Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Département de Médecine, CHUV, Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland

Abstract

Current conflicts in some regions of the world give rise to massive immigration waves. Consequently, some infections that had nearly disappeared in Europe nowadays re-emerge. They are related to the epidemiology of the refugees' origin, but also to the epidemiology of the country crossed during migration. Hygiene conditions, often precarious during the journey, favor their transmission. Thus, cases of louse borne relapsing fever and diphtheria emerge in Europe and in Switzerland since 2014 whereas cutaneous Panton-Valentine Staphylococcus aureus infection are more commonly observed nowadays.

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Index Keywords

transmission European immigration epidemiology human Staphylococcal Infections Borrelia Infections Leukocidins Panton-Valentine leukocidin Exotoxins hygiene Humans migrant Borrelia infection Communicable Diseases, Emerging Article Bacterial Toxins infection Transients and Migrants diphtheria Switzerland
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ISSN: 16609379
Cited by: 2
Original Language: French