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Cystic echinococcosis in unaccompanied minor refugees from Afghanistan and the Middle East to Germany, July 2016 through June 2017

Authors: Joachim Richter, Lars Esmann, Andreas K. Lindner, Isabel Trebesch, Gabriela Equihua-Martinez, Michaela Niebank, Susanne Georgi, Dirk Schürmann, Frieder Pfäfflin, Miralem Pasić, Maximilian Gertler

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 6/2019

Abstract

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is not covered by current refugee screening protocols. After we had detected CE among several refugees attending our clinic from Afghanistan and the Middle East, serological examinations for CE were performed for apparently healthy unaccompanied minor refugees from these regions.

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Title: Cystic echinococcosis in unaccompanied minor refugees from Afghanistan and the Middle East to Germany, July 2016 through June 2017
Authors: Joachim Richter
Lars Esmann
Andreas K. Lindner
Isabel Trebesch
Gabriela Equihua-Martinez
Michaela Niebank
Susanne Georgi
Dirk Schürmann
Frieder Pfäfflin
Miralem Pasić
Maximilian Gertler
Publication date: 01-06-2019
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Keywords: Echinococcosis
Liver Cyst
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-019-00492-8

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Cystic echinococcosis in unaccompanied minor refugees from Afghanistan and the Middle East to Germany, July 2016 through June 2017

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