Undiagnosed and potentially lethal parasite infections among immigrants and refugees in Australia

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 233-239

  Caruana, Sonia R ^a   Kelly, Heath A ^b   Ngeow, Joanne Y Y ^a   Ryan, Norbert J ^b   Bennett, Catherine M ^a   Chea, Ley ^c   Nuon, Sophy ^d   Bak, Narin ^e   Skull, Susan A ^a   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^c Windsor Medical Centre   (Australia)

^d Medical Clinic   (Australia)

^e Western Health Footscray ^*  (Australia)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAMBODIAN; CYST; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA; SEROLOGY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 33745951868     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00045.x     Document Type: Review

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