Infectious disease among Ethiopian immigrants in Israel.
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.
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Infectious Diseases Division, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control