Tropical diseases screening in immigrant patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Spain.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 88(6): 1196-202, 2013 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-23509119
ABSTRACT
Latent parasitic infections can reactivate because of immunosuppression. We conducted a prospective observational study of all human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected immigrants who visited the Infectious Diseases Department of the Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, during June 2010-May 2011. Screening of the most prevalent tropical diseases (intestinal parasitosis, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, malaria, schistosomiasis, and strongyloidiasis) was performed according to geographic origin. A total of 190 patients were included 141 (74.2%) from Latin America, 41 (21.6%) from sub-Saharan Africa, and 8 (4.2%) from northern Africa. Overall, 36.8% (70 of 190) of the patients had at least one positive result for any parasitic disease 5 patients with positive Trypanosoma cruzi serology, 11 patients with positive Schistosoma mansoni serology, 35 patients with positive Strongyloides stercoralis serology, 7 patients with positive Leishmania infantum serology, intestinal parasitosis were detected in 37 patients, malaria was diagnosed in one symptomatic patient. We propose a screening and management strategy of latent parasitic infections in immigrant patients infected with HIV.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esquistossomose
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Estrongiloidíase
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Leishmaniose
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Infecções por HIV
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Doença de Chagas
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Malária
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article