title: Helminth-related Eosinophilia in African immigrants, Gran Canaria.
abstract: Of 788 recent African adult immigrants to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 213 (27.0%) had eosinophilia. The most frequent causes were filariasis (29.4%), schistosomiasis (17.2%), and hookworm infection (16.8%). Stool microscopy and filarial and schistosomal serologic tests gave the highest diagnostic yield. Country of origin and eosinophil count were associated with specific diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pardo
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carranza
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muro
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angel-Moreno
authors.forename: Antonio-Manuel
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández-Cabrera
authors.forename: José-Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pérez-Arellano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D000818:Animals; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D006376:Helminths / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology