Health care providers involved in caring for immigrants and refugees must be aware of overseas and domestic screening protocol recommendations, common disease entities seen in these patient populations as well as those diseases with long latency periods that may appear years to decades after U.S. arrival. This article examines these and other topics.

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Strongyloidiasis immigrant parasitosis refugee mass screening mental health human Refugees priority journal health status mental health care United States Humans tuberculosis Review Syphilis prevalence infection control communicable disease Lung Diseases Emigration and Immigration Delivery of Health Care hepatitis B practice guideline health care delivery Parasitic Diseases