Archives of Internal Medicine
Volume 149, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 117-119

Infectious Disease Among Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel (Article)

Berger S.A.* , Schwartz T. , Michaeli D.
  • a Infectious Diseases Division, Tel Aviv (Israel) Medical Center, Israel, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, Israel
  • b Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, Israel
  • c Infectious Diseases Division, Tel Aviv (Israel) Medical Center, Israel, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, Israel

Abstract

From 1980 to 1985, 14465 refugees arrived in Israel from Ethiopia. Typhoid fever, tuberculosis, or malaria was present in 1.8% to 9% of immigrants; as many as 93% were infested with intestinal parasites. Extreme malnutrition was common, and serologic evidence of syphilis and hepatitis B was frequently encountered. A program for diagnosis, therapy, and immunoprophylaxis following the massive influx of African refugees is described. © 1989, American Medical Association. All rights reserved.

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Index Keywords

immigrant virus infection Israel human epidemiology Communicable Diseases typhoid fever priority journal Malaria Adolescent Infant, Newborn female Virus Diseases tuberculosis Infant Child, Preschool Review communicable disease control pregnancy Syphilis prevalence Incidence therapy diagnosis Ethiopia adult Bacterial Infections malnutrition infection Emigration and Immigration immunoprophylaxis hepatitis B Parasitic Diseases Child
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0024493989&doi=10.1001%2farchinte.1989.00390010115014&partnerID=40&md5=90d74c499c5b666e1194dc5825f1b488
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1989.00390010115014
ISSN: 00039926
Cited by: 21
Original Language: English