High Prevalence and Presumptive Treatment of Schistosomiasis and Strongyloidiasis among African Refugees
Clinical Infectious Diseases2007Vol. 45(10), pp. 1310–1315
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Drew L. Posey, Brian G. Blackburn, Michelle Weinberg, Elaine W. Flagg, Luis Ortega, M Wilson, W. E. Secor, Kolby A. Sanders-Lewis, Kimberly Y. Won, James H. Maguire
Abstract
The high seroprevalence of schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis among Sudanese Lost Boys and Girls and Somali Bantu refugees supports presumptive treatment for these refugees. Current refugee resettlement policies inadequately address these diseases; our data support consideration of predeparture presumptive therapy for all refugees from areas of endemicity.
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