Infectious diseases in sub-Saharan immigrants to Spain

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 750-756

  Delcor, Núria Serre ^a   Maruri, Begoña Treviño ^a   Arandes, Antoni Soriano ^a   Guiu, Isabel Claveria ^a   Essadik, Hakima Ouaarab ^a   Soley, Mateu Espasa ^a   Romero, Israel Molina ^a   Ascaso, Carlos ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; FILARIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPAIN; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SYPHILIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963682748     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0583     Document Type: Article

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