Spectrum of illness in international migrants seen at geosentinel clinics in 1997-2009, part 2: Migrants resettled internationally and evaluated for specific health concerns

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 925-933

  McCarthy, Anne E ^a   Weld, Leisa H ^c   Barnett, Elizabeth D ^e   So, Heidi ^b   Coyle, Christina ^f   Greenaway, Christina ^d   Stauffer, William ^h,i   Leder, Karin ^j   Lopez Velez, Rogelio ^k   Gautret, Phillipe ^l   Castelli, Francesco ^m   Jenks, Nancy ^g   Walker, Patricia F ^h   Loutan, Louis ⁿ   Cetron, Martin ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c GeoSentinel Statistician Consultant   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Peekskill Area Health Center   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^j ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^l HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

ⁿ ElectroEncephaloGraphie et Eval Prechirurgicale de l'ePilepsie   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Hepatitis; Migrant; Schistosomiasis; Strongyloides; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFRICA; ASCARIS; ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHAGAS DISEASE; EASTERN EUROPE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FILIARIASIS RAPID TEST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIASIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875023759     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis1016     Document Type: Review

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