What about infection in travellers, migrants and refugees
European Journal of Neurology
; 29:32, 2022.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1978445
ABSTRACT
Several factors have been linked to emerging infectious diseases including new agents (coronaviruses, zika virus), extension of geographical areas (schistosomiasis, dengue, West Nile, zika virus), increase in incidence (HIV, tuberculosis) and travel/migration (Chagas disease, cysticercosis). According to the World Migration Report 2020, the number of international migrants reached 272 million globally in 2019, and nearly two-thirds were labour migrants. Epidemiological evidence about infectious diseases and neuroinfection among travellers, migrants and refugees will be reviewed. Traveller's diarrhoea, dengue fever and other tropical diseases are reported in travellers. Re-emergence of infections in Europe includes chikungunya, dengue and malaria. Migration of asymptomatic people spread American trypanosomiasis in non-endemic areas and cases have been reported in Europe, Japan, and North-America. Neurocysticercosis is a common cause of seizures among South American migrants in USA. Migrants may be asymptomatic carriers (Chagas, HTLV-1). The involvement of CNS may occur in viral infections (HIV, HTLV-1, dengue, zika), malaria, schistosomiasis (myeloradiculopathy), Chagas disease (encephalitis, stroke), etc. Refugees may be at slightly higher risk of infectious diseases including tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis and schistosomiasis. Systematic reviews have found that tuberculosis and hepatitis B and C prevalence is higher among migrants arriving in Europe, and the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and infections was higher in refugees and asylum seekers than in other migrant groups. Infectious diseases in migrants may be explained by a higher prevalence in migrants' countries of origin, barriers to health care in host/transit countries, and poor living conditions. These factors are especially relevant in vulnerable populations (refugees, documented migrants).
antibiotic resistance; asylum seeker; asymptomatic carrier; cell migration; central nervous system; central nervous system infection; cerebrovascular accident; Chagas disease; chikungunya; communicable disease; conference abstract; controlled study; Coronavirinae; cysticercosis; dengue; diarrhea; encephalitis; Europe; hepatitis B; human; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human T-lymphotropic virus 1; incidence; Japan; malaria; migrant; myeloradiculopathy; neurocysticercosis; nonhuman; North America; prevalence; refugee; schistosomiasis; seizure; systematic review; travel; tropical disease; tuberculosis; vulnerable population; Zika virus
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European Journal of Neurology
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2022
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