Cystic echinococcosis in unaccompanied minor refugees from Afghanistan and the Middle East to Germany, July 2016 through June 2017

Cystic echinococcosis in unaccompanied minor refugees from Afghanistan and the Middle East to Germany, July 2016 through June 2017

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is not covered by current refugee screening protocols. After we had detected CE among several refugees attending our clinic from Afghanistan and the Middle East, serological examinations for CE were performed for apparently healthy unaccompanied minor refugees from these r...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of epidemiology 2019-06, Vol.34 (6), p.611-612
Hauptverfasser: Richter, Joachim, Esmann, Lars, Lindner, Andreas K., Trebesch, Isabel, Equihua-Martinez, Gabriela, Niebank, Michaela, Georgi, Susanne, Schürmann, Dirk, Pfäfflin, Frieder, Pasic, Miralem, Gertler, Maximilian
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Sprache:eng
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Cardiology
CORRESPONDENCE
Echinococcosis
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Oncology
Public Health
Refugees
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Zusammenfassung:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is not covered by current refugee screening protocols. After we had detected CE among several refugees attending our clinic from Afghanistan and the Middle East, serological examinations for CE were performed for apparently healthy unaccompanied minor refugees from these regions.
ISSN:0393-2990
1573-7284
DOI:10.1007/s10654-019-00492-8