@article{27966,
  keywords = {Tropical Medicine, Travel, Spain, Referral and Consultation, Prevalence, Parasitic Diseases, Male, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Humans, Female, Emigration and Immigration, Communicable Diseases, Child, Preschool, Child, Age Factors, Adult},
  author = {López-Vélez R and Huerga H and Turrientes M C},
  title = {Infectious diseases in immigrants from the perspective of a tropical medicine referral unit.},
  abstract = {<p>Immigrants from less developed countries to Europe are growing in number and could contribute to the emergence of some infectious diseases. To address this issue, we conducted a descriptive study of 988 immigrants, of whom 79.9% were sub-Saharan Africans and 72% were of undocumented origin. Fever, pruritus, eosinophilia, visceromegaly, and anemia were more frequent in Africans, while a cough was more common Latin Americans (P &lt; 0.005). The most frequent diagnoses were previous hepatitis B (46.5%), latent tuberculosis (44.2%), filariasis (24.8%), infection with intestinal helminths (15.4%), malaria (15.1%), infection with intestinal protozoa (10%), hepatitis C (8.8%), other non-parasitic infections (7.8%), active hepatitis B (7.6%), sexually transmitted diseases (7.5%), active tuberculosis (5.8%), and infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (5.2%). Past and active hepatitis B and C, active tuberculosis, infection with HIV, malaria, and filariasis were more frequent in Africans (P &lt; 0.005). Thirty-two other tropical diseases were also diagnosed.</p>
},
  year = {2003},
  journal = {The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene},
  volume = {69},
  pages = {115-21},
  issn = {0002-9637},
  url = {http://www.ajtmh.org/content/69/1/115.full.pdf+html},
  language = {eng},
}