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Infectious disease among Ethiopian immigrants in Israel
S A Berger1, T Schwartz, D Michaeli
1Infectious Diseases Division, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel.
Archives of Internal Medicine
|January 1, 1989
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.