Imported Infectious Diseases in Mobile Populations, Spain

Monge‐Maíllo, Begoña; Jiménez, Beatriz C.; Pérez‐Molina, José A.; Norman, Francesca; Navarro, Miriam; Pérez‐Ayala, Ana; Herrero, Juan María; Zamarrón, Pilar; López‐Vélez, Rogelio

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“…The prevalence of imported intestinal parasites in studies mostly involving refugees and immigrants has been reported to range from 11% to 80% [7,14,19]. We found a remarkably lower prevalence (3.4%) of these infections but we were looking almost exclusively at our native travelers.…”

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Imported parasitic infections in Serbia

Dakić¹,

Nikolić²,

Lavadinović³

et al. 2011

European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology

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Background: Travel to the tropics is associated with a risk of parasitic infection, which is increasing in parallel with the rise in travel to these areas. We thus examined the prevalence and trend in the occurrence of parasitic infections in Serbian travelers. Methods: A retrospective analysis of the medical records of all travelers returning from tropical and subtropical areas, who presented at the Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases in Belgrade between January 2001 and January 2008, was performed. Results: Of a total of 2440 travelers, 169 (6.9%) were diagnosed with a parasitic infection, including malaria in 79, intestinal parasites in 84 (pathogenic species in 30 and non-pathogenic in 54), filariasis in four, and visceral leishmaniasis and fascioliasis in one patient each. Importantly, of the whole series only 583 (23.9%) were symptomatic, of which 19.4% were found to be infected with a parasite. The single pathogenic parasite occurring in asymptomatic patients was Giardia intestinalis. Conclusions: Parasitic infection causing symptomatic disease among travelers returning from tropical areas to Serbia is not infrequent. In view of the expected increase in travel to the tropics, diagnostic protocols for tropical parasitic diseases should take these data into account.

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“…Since the leading health problem in our se- [10][11][12][13]. The most commonly isolated species, as in other studies in European travelers [14,15], including Croatia, another Western Balkan country [16], was P. falciparum. This is important since falciparum malaria may be fatal in the previously unexposed.…”

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Imported parasitic infections in Serbia

Dakić¹,

Nikolić²,

Lavadinović³

et al. 2011

European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology

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“…Así, en la postguerra española, muchos españoles emigraron, sobre todo a otros países europeos, detectándoseles una elevada prevalencia de TB 2 . En España la inmigración masiva producida sobre todo a partir del año 2000 ha comportado que vinieran por motivos económicos, muchas personas procedentes de países en vías de desarrollo y por tanto con altas tasas de TB, lo cual ha repercutido en su epidemiología [4][5][6] .…”

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Tuberculosis e inmigración en España: revisión bibliográfica

Casals¹,

Rodrigo²,

Camprubí³

et al. 2014

Rev. Esp. Salud Publica

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RESUMENFundamentos: La inmigración es un fenómeno bastante reciente en España y aún existen pocas publicaciones científicas sobre tuberculosis (TB) e inmigración. El objetivo de este estudio fue describir las características diferenciales de la tuberculosis en inmigrantes respecto a los sujetos autóctonos.Métodos: Revisión bibliográfica de artículos originales escritos en español o inglés y publicados entre 1998-2012, sobre TB en poblaciones inmigrantes. Se incluyeron las publicaciones con las palabras clave tuberculosis, inmigrante y España. La búsqueda bibliográfica se realizó en las bases de datos Medline y MEDES.Resultados: Se encontró un total de 72.087 artículos publicados sobre TB a escala mundial y en el 6% de éstos se trataba el tema inmigración. En relación a España se encontraron 2.917 artículos, que representaban el 4% de los publicados a escala mundial, y 219 (7,5%) consideraban además la inmigración. De los 219 artículos, el 48% fueron publicados en revistas españolas y el 52% restante en revistas anglosajonas. El 93,5% de las personas inmigrantes con TB tenían menos de 51 años, mientras que en los nativos este porcentaje es del 64,9%. Las resistencias al tratamiento se da en el 7,8% de la población inmigrante frente al 3,8 de la autóctona.Conclusiones: Los inmigrantes con tuberculosis se caracterizan por ser más jóvenes que los autóctonos con tuberculosis, presentan más resistencias farmacológicas y proceden sobretodo de América Latina, Europa del Este, África y Asia. La no disponibilidad de la tarjeta sanitaria puede ser un problema. Background: Immigration is a fairly recent phenomenon in Spain and there are still few scientific publications on tuberculosis (TB) and immigration. Therefore, the aim of this study is to describe the differential characteristics of TB in the immigrant population with respect to natives in Spain.

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“…Clinical symptoms of malaria in immigrants are typically mild, with low levels of parasitemia. Many immigrants may be asymptomatic (1,3), which has been explained by partial immunity acquired gradually after prolonged exposure in areas with stable malaria transmission. Because infected persons may initially have no symptoms, implementation of malaria screening for recently arrived immigrants from disease-endemic areas would seem advisable (4).…”

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“…To the Editor: A range of infectious diseases have been described in asymptomatic immigrants (1), which may justify the implementation of screening after obtaining consent. In particular, asymptomatic malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia among recently arrived immigrants may be a major public health problem outside malariaendemic areas because these patients may be involved in autochthonous transmission cycles and may act as reservoirs capable of reintroducing malaria into areas where it had been previously eradicated.…”

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