Eurosurveillance
Volume 22, Issue 4, 2017

Hepatitis a among refugees, asylum seekers and migrants living in hosting facilities, Greece, April to December 2016 (Article) (Open Access)

Mellou K.* , Chrisostomou A. , Sideroglou T. , Georgakopoulou T. , Kyritsi M. , Hadjichristodoulou C. , Tsiodras S.
  • a Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDCP), Athens, Greece
  • b Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDCP), Athens, Greece
  • c Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDCP), Athens, Greece
  • d Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDCP), Athens, Greece
  • e University of Thessaly, Medical School, Larisa, Greece
  • f University of Thessaly, Medical School, Larisa, Greece
  • g Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDCP), Athens, Greece, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece

Abstract

An increased number of hepatitis A cases among refugees, asylum seekers and migrants residing in hosting facilities in Greece were recorded between April and December 2016. In total, 177 laboratory-confirmed symptomatic cases were reported; of these, 149 (84%) occurred in hosting camps mostly among Syrian children under 15 years. All cases reported symptom onset after their entry into the country. Public health interventions focused on hygiene measures and vaccination. © European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved.

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Index Keywords

genetics genotype refugee alanine aminotransferase human Refugees hepatitis A statistics and numerical data nonhuman groups by age geographic pathology asylum seeker hygiene Young Adult laboratory test migrant Humans Adolescent Infant, Newborn Mandatory Reporting male female preschool child Emigrants and Immigrants preventive health service enzyme linked immunosorbent assay Infant communicable disease control Child, Preschool newborn Greece isolation and purification Disease Outbreaks Article Disease Notification major clinical study Syrian adult aspartate aminotransferase molecular typing hepatitis a virus Immunization Programs vaccination hepatitis A vaccine public health real time polymerase chain reaction Hepatitis A Virus, Human Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85011545870&doi=10.2807%2f1560-7917.ES.2017.22.4.30448&partnerID=40&md5=82642eb94664b90b22fa3744690013a6
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.4.30448
ISSN: 1025496X
Cited by: 12
Original Language: English