Profile of illness in syrian refugees: A geosentinel analysis, 2013 to 2015

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a   Barbre, K A ^b   Jensenius, M ^c   Larsen, C S ^d   Barnett, E D ^e   Stauffer, W ^f   Rothe, C ^g   Asgeirsson, H ^h   Hamer, D H ^e,i   Esposito, D H ^b   Gautret, P ^j   Schlagenhauf, P ^k  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^h KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REFUGEE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SYRIAN; TUBERCULOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ETHNOLOGY; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; MIGRANT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BERLIN; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REFUGEES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SYRIA;

EID: 85003876050     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.10.30160     Document Type: Article

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