Imported infections in east Birmingham children.
This 15-month prospective study of admissions to a children's ward found imported infections in 58 children (1.3% of admissions), aged between two months and 15 years. Most had visited the Indian subcontinent 14 (1-341) days earlier. Few had taken preventative measures. The commonest infection was malaria (n = 23).
Riordan
F A
FA
Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK.
Tarlow
M J
MJ
D000293:Adolescent; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014195:Travel