title: [Population screening strategies in recent immigrant to Spain].
abstract: The definition of terms that delimites the content of this paper are initially displayed. Subsequently, the main sources of information about the disease screening in immigrants and the entities considered susceptible of screening are showed. In a later section we review the diagnostic methodology used, separately considering the history, physical examination, the usual complementary tests and specific studies of both infectious and noninfectious diseases. Finally, with the limitations of the data available a proposal of a protocol for screening of diseases in recent immigrant is performed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Médicas y Quirúrgicas, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España; Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Medicina Tropical, Hospital Universitario Insular de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España. Electronic address: jlperez@dcmq.ulpgc.es.
authors.forename: José-Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pérez-Arellano
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Médicas y Quirúrgicas, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España; Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Medicina Tropical, Hospital Universitario Insular de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carranza-Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D011634:Public Health; D013030:Spain
keywords: Cribado; Imported infections; Infecciones importadas; Inmigrante recién llegado; Recently arrived immigrants; Screening