[International health monitoring. Special screening among foreign grant recipients at their arrival in Cuba]. / Control sanitario internacional. Pesquisas especiales a becarios extranjeros a su arribo a Cuba.

ABSTRACT

A description in made about the methodology and outcome of screening conducted on foreing students arriving in Cuba from 1987-1990 to reside for several years. During that period, a total number of 13,025 foreing travellers coming from 36 countries were controlled; of them, 1,100 were positive to some kind of infectious disease. The majority were positive to malaria (838), 220 cases were diagnosed as having epidemic hemorrhagic conjunctivitis and 58 were seropositive to HIV. All positive cases were controlled and treated by the Department of Medical Services of the Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kouri".