RT Journal Article
T1 Imported Infectious Diseases in Mobile Populations, Spain
A1 Monge-Maillo, Begoña
A1 Carolina Jiménez, B.
A1 Pérez-Molina, José A.
A1 Norman, Francesca
A1 Navarro, Miriam
A1 Pérez De Ayala Balzola, Ana
A1 Herrero Martínez, Juan María
A1 Zamarrón, Pilar
A1 López-Vélez, Rogelio
AB Migration has contributed to the emergence of certain infectious diseases. To determine which infectious diseases were most common among 2 mobile immigrant groups (sub-Saharan Africans and Latin Americans) in Spain, we analyzed health and demographic characteristics of 2,198 immigrants referred to the Tropical Medicine Unit of Ramón y Cajal Hospital over a 20-year period. The most frequent diagnoses were for latent tuberculosis (716 patients [32.6%]), filariasis (421 [19.2%]), hepatropic virus chronic infection (262 [19.2%]), intestinal parasites (242 [11.0%]), and malaria (212 [9.6%]). Health screening of immigrant populations is needed to ensure early diagnosis and treatment of potentially transmissible infections.
PB Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
YR 2009
FD 2009
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/131863
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/131863
LA eng
NO Monge-Maillo B, Jiménez BC, Pérez-Molina JA, Norman F, Navarro M, Pérez-Ayala A, et al. Imported Infectious Diseases in Mobile Populations, Spain. Emerg Infect Dis 2009;15:1745–52. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090718
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 mar 2026