nach oben

Erschienen in:

23.07.2016 | LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Screening for infectious diseases among unaccompanied minor refugees in Berlin, 2014–2015

verfasst von: Stefanie Theuring, Barbara Friedrich-Jänicke, Kirsten Pörtner, Isabel Trebesch, Anita Durst, Sebastian Dieckmann, Florian Steiner, Gundel Harms, Frank P. Mockenhaupt

Erschienen in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Ausgabe 7/2016

Einloggen, um Zugang zu erhalten

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.

Grouping by country of birth: Syria, 500; Afghanistan, 164; North Africa (Algeria, 5; Libya, 10; Morocco, 33); Sub-Saharan Africa (Angola, 1; Benin, 16; Burkina Faso, 2; Cameroon, 1; Chad, 4; Congo, 4; DR Congo, 2; Cote d´Ivoire, 1; Eritrea, 16; Ethiopia, 1; Gambia, 35; Ghana, 3; Guinea, 53; Guinea-Bissau, 5; Kenya, 6; Mali, 9; Mauritania, 1; Nigeria, 4; Senegal, 2; Sierra Leone, 2; Somalia, 26); Middle East except Syria (Egypt, 11; Iran, 22; Iraq, 19; Kuwait, 2; Lebanon, 51; Palestinian territories, 9; Saudi Arabia, 1; Turkey, 10); Southeast Europe (Albania, 42; Bosnia, 2; Greece (Albanian), 1; Kosovo, 6; Serbia, 5); East Europe (Belarus, 3; Moldova, 4; Romania (Armenian), 1; Russian Federation, 37; Ukraine, 5); South and Southeast Asia (Bangladesh, 16; Cambodia, 5; India, 9; Pakistan, 24; Sri Lanka, 1; Viet Nam, 40); Other (Armenia, 2; Colombia, 4; Turkmenistan, 2).

United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Global trends. Forced displacements in 2015. http://www.unhcr.org/576408cd7. Accessed 22 June 2016.

Bundesfachverband unbegleitete minderjährige Flüchtlinge (BumF). Zahlen zu unbegleiteten minderjährigen Flüchtlingen: Bestand, Verteilung, Quotenerfüllung und Elternnachzug. Pressemitteilung 29.01.2016. http://www.b-umf.de/images/150129_PM_AktuelleZahlenUMF.pdf. Accessed 22 June 2016.

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Landesjugendämter. Handlungsempfehlungen zum Umgang mit unbegleiteten minderjährigen Flüchtlingen. Inobhutnahme, Clearingverfahren und Einleitung von Anschlussmaßnahmen. 2014. http://www.bagljae.de/downloads/118_handlungsempfehlungen-umf_2014.pdf. Accessed 5 April 2016.

Harvey K, Esposito DH, Han P, Kozarsky P, Freedman DO, Plier DA, et al. Surveillance for travel-related disease—GeoSentinel surveillance system, United States, 1997–2011. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2013;62:1–23.PubMed

Mockenhaupt FP, Barbre KA, Jensenius M, Larsen CS, Barnett ED, Stauffer W, et al. Profile of illness in Syrian refugees: a GeoSentinel analysis, 2013 to 2015. Euro Surveill. 2016;21:30160.CrossRef

Lifson AR, Thai D, O’Fallon A, Mills WA, Hang K. Prevalence of tuberculosis, hepatitis B virus, and intestinal parasitic infections among refugees to Minnesota. Public Health Rep. 2002;117:69–77.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Marquardt L, Krämer A, Fischer F, Prüfer-Krämer L. Health status and disease burden of unaccompanied asylum-seeking adolescents in Bielefeld, Germany: cross-sectional pilot study. Trop Med Int Health. 2016;21:210–8.CrossRefPubMed

Heudorf U, Karathana M, Krackhardt B, Huber M, Raupp P, Zinn C. Surveillance for parasites in unaccompanied minor refugees migrating to Germany in 2015. GMS Hyg Infect Control. 2016;11. doi:10.3205/dgkh000265.

Monpierre O, Baudino P, Rio-René P, Maurice S, Malvy D, Receveur M-C. Global health of unaccompanied refugee minors in Gironde (France) between 2011 and 2013. Bull Soc Pathtol Exot. 2016;109(2):99–106.CrossRef

10.

Catchpole M, Coulombier D. Refugee crisis demands European Union-wide surveillance! Euro Surveill. 2015;20:3006.CrossRef

Titel: Screening for infectious diseases among unaccompanied minor refugees in Berlin, 2014–2015
verfasst von: Stefanie Theuring
Barbara Friedrich-Jänicke
Kirsten Pörtner
Isabel Trebesch
Anita Durst
Sebastian Dieckmann
Florian Steiner
Gundel Harms
Frank P. Mockenhaupt
Publikationsdatum: 23.07.2016
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Ausgabe 7/2016
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-016-0187-x

Springer Medizin

Abstract

Bitte loggen Sie sich ein, um Zugang zu diesem Inhalt zu erhalten

Weitere Artikel der Ausgabe 7/2016

Morbidity of asylum seekers in a medium-sized German city

The Syrian refugees crisis brings challenges to the health authorities in Europe: hepatitis A virus is a case in point

Differences in mortality by immigrant status in Italy. Results of the Italian Network of Longitudinal Metropolitan Studies

Society and health of migrants

Predicting Parkinson disease in the community using a nonmotor risk score

Suicide in married couples in Sweden: Is the risk greater in same-sex couples?