Prevalence of chronic infections and susceptibility to measles and varicella-zoster virus in Latin American immigrants

Jackson, Yves-Laurent Julien; Santos, Lilian; Arm-Vernez, Isabelle; Mauris, Anne; Wolff, Hans; Chappuis, François; Getaz, Laurent

doi:10.1186/s40249-016-0136-7

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Title		Prevalence of chronic infections and susceptibility to measles and varicella-zoster virus in Latin American immigrants
Authors		Jackson, Yves-Laurent Julien Santos, Lilian Arm-Vernez, Isabelle Mauris, Anne Wolff, Hans Chappuis, François Getaz, Laurent
Published in		Infectious diseases of poverty. 2016, vol. 5, no. 1, 41
Abstract		Large numbers of Latin American immigrants recently arrived in Western Europe. Curative and preventive programmes need to take account of their risk of suffering and transmitting imported chronic infections and of their susceptibility to cosmopolitan infections. We aimed to assess the prevalence and co-occurrence of imported chronic infections among Latin American immigrants, and their susceptibility to highly prevalent cosmopolitan infections.
Keywords		Adult — Animals — Bolivia/ethnology — Chronic Disease/epidemiology/ethnology — Coinfection/epidemiology/ethnology — Communicable Diseases/epidemiology/ethnology — Cross-Sectional Studies — Disease Susceptibility/ethnology — Emigrants and Immigrants/statistics & numerical data — Europe/epidemiology — Female — Herpesvirus 3, Human/pathogenicity — Humans — Latin America/ethnology — Male — Measles/epidemiology/ethnology — Middle Aged — Prevalence
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1186/s40249-016-0136-7 PMID: 27164954
Full text		Article (Published version) (398 Kb) - Free access
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département d'anesthésiologie, pharmacologie, soins intensifs et urgences Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de santé globale
Citation (ISO format)		JACKSON, Yves-Laurent Julien et al. Prevalence of chronic infections and susceptibility to measles and varicella-zoster virus in Latin American immigrants. In: Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2016, vol. 5, n° 1, p. 41. doi: 10.1186/s40249-016-0136-7 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:102447