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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Iatrogenic blood-borne viral infections in refugee children from war and transition zones |
Author: | Goldwater, P. |
Citation: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013; 19(6):892-898 |
Publisher: | Center Disease Control |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Paul N. Goldwater |
Abstract: | Pediatric infectious disease clinicians in industrialized countries may encounter iatrogenically transmitted HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus infections in refugee children from Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. The consequences of political collapse and/or civil war—work migration, prostitution, intravenous drug use, defective public health resources, and poor access to good medical care—all contribute to the spread of blood-borne viruses. Inadequate infection control practices by medical establishments can lead to iatrogenic infection of children. Summaries of 4 cases in refugee children in Australia are a salient reminder of this problem. |
Keywords: | Humans Blood-Borne Pathogens Virus Diseases Hepatitis B Hepatitis C HIV Infections Child Child, Preschool Refugees Africa Australia Female Male Warfare |
Rights: | All material published in Emerging Infectious Diseases is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without special permission; proper citation, however, is required. |
DOI: | 10.3201/eid1906.120806 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1906.120806 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Paediatrics publications |
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