title: Parasitic screening of a refugee population in Illinois.
abstract: In a one year period in Illinois, 4,695 stool specimens from refugees for parasitologic screening and 733 diarrheal specimens from non-refugees were tested by routine ova and parasite examination- concentration and permanent stained smear. Patients infected with pathogens were as follows: African group (48.9%), Middle Eastern group (56.5%), Southeast Asian group (48.9%), Eastern European group (46.6%), Hispanic group (38.0%) and non-refugee group (20.7%). The study showed differences between the various groups of refugees and the non-refugee group. The need for routine screening of this population was clearly shown.
authors.affiliation: Illinois Department of Public Health, 2121 W. Taylor Street, Chicago IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Konczyk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ambrosino
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Kocka
mesh_terms: D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D008403:Mass Screening; D012036:Refugees