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Published on: August 5, 2016
Screening for infectious diseases among unaccompanied minor refugees in Berlin, 2014-2015
Stefanie Theuring1, Barbara Friedrich-Jänicke2, Kirsten Pörtner2
1Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany. stefanie.theuring@charite.de.
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.
