1. Imported transmissible diseases in minors coming to Spain from low-income areas.
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Belhassen-García, M., Villar, L. Pérez del, Pardo-Lledias, J., Zufiaurre, M. N. Gutiérrez, Velasco-Tirado, V., Cordero-Sánchez, M., Bellido, S. Muñoz Criado4 J. L. Muñoz, and Muro, A.
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HEPATITIS B , *HIV antibodies , *CHRONIC hepatitis B , *HTLV-I , *IMMIGRANT children , *CHICKEN diseases , *VIRAL hepatitis - Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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