Migration and health: A retrospective study about the prevalence of HBV, HIV, HCV, tuberculosis and syphilis infections amongst newly arrived migrants screened at the Infectious Diseases Unit of Modena, Italy

• Main Authors: Gianluca Cuomo (Author), Iacopo Franconi (Author), Nicoletta Riva (Author), Alessandro Bianchi (Author), Margherita Digaetano (Author), Antonella Santoro (Author), Mauro Codeluppi (Author), Andrea Bedini (Author), Giovanni Guaraldi (Author), Cristina Mussini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Aim of the study is to evaluate the prevalence of HBV, HIV, HCV, tuberculosis and syphilis infection among immigrants assigned to the immigrant centre of the province of Modena. Methods: At the time of arrival all immigrant were tested for: HBsAg, HBsAb, HBcAb, Ag p24/HIVAb, HCVAb, RPR...