Imported transmissible diseases in minors coming to Spain from low-income areas

作者：Belhassen Garcia M^*; Perez del Villar L; Pardo Lledias J; Gutierrez Zufiaurre M N; Velasco Tirado V; Cordero Sanchez M; Munoz Criado S; Munoz Bellido J L; Muro A

来源：Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2015, 21(4): 370.e5-370.e8.

DOI：10.1016/j.cmi.2014.11.024

• Adolescents
• chronic diseases
• immigrants
• imported diseases
• transmissible diseases

We prospectively studied the prevalence of imported transmissible diseases in 373 immigrant children and adolescents coming from Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Latin America to Salamanca, Spain. The most frequent transmissible diseases in this group were latent tuberculosis (12.7%), chronic hepatitis B virus infection (4.2%), hepatitis C virus infection (2.3%), syphilis (1.5%) and human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 or 2 infections (1.4%). A total of 24.2% of patients had serologic profiles suggesting past hepatitis B virus infection. Anti-human immunodeficiency virus antibodies were not detected in any subject. Largely asymptomatic immigrant children show a high prevalence of communicable diseases. Thus, infectious disease screenings are highly advisable in immigrant children coming from low-income countries.

• 出版日期2015-4