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. 1989 Jan;149(1):117-9.

Infectious disease among Ethiopian immigrants in Israel

S A Berger  1 , T Schwartz, D Michaeli
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  • PMID: 2912401

Infectious disease among Ethiopian immigrants in Israel

S A Berger et al. Arch Intern Med. 1989 Jan.

Abstract

From 1980 to 1985, 14,465 refugees arrived in Israel from Ethiopia. Typhoid fever, tuberculosis, or malaria was present in 1.8% to 9% of immigrants; as many as 93% were infested with intestinal parasites. Extreme malnutrition was common, and serologic evidence of syphilis and hepatitis B was frequently encountered. A program for diagnosis, therapy, and immunoprophylaxis following the massive influx of African refugees is described.

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