Screening for parasites in migrant children
Background: Globalization has pushed population movements in the last decades, turning imported diseases into the focus. Due to behavioral habits, children are at higher risk of acquiring parasitosis. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of parasites in migrant children and factors associat...
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Screening for parasites in migrant childrenBustamante, JorgeSainz Costa, TalíaAra Montojo, María FátimaAlmirón, Mariana DíazSubirats, MercedesVega, Dolores MonteroMellado Peña, María JoséLópez-Hortelano, Milagros Garcíainternational adopted childrenmigrant childrenparasitesscreeningunaccompanied minorsMedicinaBackground: Globalization has pushed population movements in the last decades, turning imported diseases into the focus. Due to behavioral habits, children are at higher risk of acquiring parasitosis. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of parasites in migrant children and factors associated with parasitic diseases. Method: Retrospective cross-sectional study (2014–2018) including children diagnosed with parasitosis. The diagnosis was based on serology and/or microscopic stool-sample evaluation. Epidemiological and clinical data were recorded. Results: Out of 813 migrant children screened, 241 (29.6%) presented at least one parasite, and 89 (10.9%) more than one. The median age was 6.6 years (IQR: 3.1–11.9) and 58.9% were males. Most cases were referred for a health exam; only 52.3% of children were symptomatic, but 43.6% had eosinophilia. The most common diagnosis were giardiasis (35.3%), schistosomiasis (19.1%), toxocariasis (15.4%), and strongyloidiasis (9.1%). After the multivariate analysis, African origin and presenting with eosinophilia were the main risk factors for parasitism. Conclusions: parasitosis are frequent among migrant children. Children are often asymptomatic, and thus active screening for parasitosis should be considered among high-risk populations. Eosinophilia can be useful to guide complimentary tests, as well as geographical origin, but normal eosinophil count does not exclude parasitosisT Sainz has been funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III-Fondos Feder (BAE21/00022)ElsevierDepartamento de PediatríaFacultad de Medicina20222022-05-01research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/717836https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102287reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7178362026-06-23T12:46:27Z |
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Screening for parasites in migrant children |
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Screening for parasites in migrant children |
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Screening for parasites in migrant children Bustamante, Jorge international adopted children migrant children parasites screening unaccompanied minors Medicina |
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Screening for parasites in migrant children |
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Screening for parasites in migrant children |
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Screening for parasites in migrant children |
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Bustamante, Jorge Sainz Costa, Talía Ara Montojo, María Fátima Almirón, Mariana Díaz Subirats, Mercedes Vega, Dolores Montero Mellado Peña, María José López-Hortelano, Milagros García |
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Bustamante, Jorge |
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Bustamante, Jorge Sainz Costa, Talía Ara Montojo, María Fátima Almirón, Mariana Díaz Subirats, Mercedes Vega, Dolores Montero Mellado Peña, María José López-Hortelano, Milagros García |
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Sainz Costa, Talía Ara Montojo, María Fátima Almirón, Mariana Díaz Subirats, Mercedes Vega, Dolores Montero Mellado Peña, María José López-Hortelano, Milagros García |
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Departamento de Pediatría Facultad de Medicina |
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international adopted children migrant children parasites screening unaccompanied minors Medicina |
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international adopted children migrant children parasites screening unaccompanied minors Medicina |
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Background: Globalization has pushed population movements in the last decades, turning imported diseases into the focus. Due to behavioral habits, children are at higher risk of acquiring parasitosis. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of parasites in migrant children and factors associated with parasitic diseases. Method: Retrospective cross-sectional study (2014–2018) including children diagnosed with parasitosis. The diagnosis was based on serology and/or microscopic stool-sample evaluation. Epidemiological and clinical data were recorded. Results: Out of 813 migrant children screened, 241 (29.6%) presented at least one parasite, and 89 (10.9%) more than one. The median age was 6.6 years (IQR: 3.1–11.9) and 58.9% were males. Most cases were referred for a health exam; only 52.3% of children were symptomatic, but 43.6% had eosinophilia. The most common diagnosis were giardiasis (35.3%), schistosomiasis (19.1%), toxocariasis (15.4%), and strongyloidiasis (9.1%). After the multivariate analysis, African origin and presenting with eosinophilia were the main risk factors for parasitism. Conclusions: parasitosis are frequent among migrant children. Children are often asymptomatic, and thus active screening for parasitosis should be considered among high-risk populations. Eosinophilia can be useful to guide complimentary tests, as well as geographical origin, but normal eosinophil count does not exclude parasitosis |
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