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. 2016 Jul;31(7):707-10.
doi: 10.1007/s10654-016-0187-x. Epub 2016 Jul 23.

Screening for infectious diseases among unaccompanied minor refugees in Berlin, 2014-2015

Stefanie Theuring  1 , Barbara Friedrich-Jänicke  2 , Kirsten Pörtner  2 , Isabel Trebesch  2 , Anita Durst  2 , Sebastian Dieckmann  2 , Florian Steiner  2 , Gundel Harms  2 , Frank P Mockenhaupt  2
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Screening for infectious diseases among unaccompanied minor refugees in Berlin, 2014-2015

Stefanie Theuring et al. Eur J Epidemiol. 2016 Jul.

Abstract

Infectious diseases (except tuberculosis) were screened among 1248 unaccompanied minor refugees (UMRs) arriving in Berlin in 2014-2015; 40 % originated from Syria. More than half of the refugees presented without any pathologic finding. Infections requiring treatment were diagnosed in 19.6 %, mainly infections with Giardia and intestinal helminths as well as schistosomiasis, while potentially contagious diseases were diagnosed in 15.3 % of all screened UMRs.

Keywords: Germany; Giardia; Infectious diseases screening; Unaccompanied minor refugees.

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