Prevalence of infectious diseases, immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases and chronic medical conditions among Ukrainian refugees in Germany - A cross sectional study from the German Network University Medicine (NUM)

• Main Authors: Folke Brinkmann (Author), Anette Friedrichs (Author), Georg MN Behrens (Author), Pia Behrens (Author), Reinhard Berner (Author), Amke Caliebe (Author), Claudia M. Denkinger (Author), Katharina Giesbrecht (Author), Alexander Gussew (Author), Anna Theresa Hoffmann (Author), Leonhard Hojenski (Author), Olga Hovardovska (Author), Alexandra Dopfer-Jablonka (Author), Achim J. Kaasch (Author), Robin Kobbe (Author), Monika Kraus (Author), Andreas Lindner (Author), Christoph Maier (Author), Lazar Mitrov (Author), Matthias Nauck (Author), Susana Nunes de Miranda (Author), Margarete Scherer (Author), Yvonne Schmiedel (Author), Dana Stahl (Author), Nina Timmesfeld (Author), Nicole Toepfner (Author), Janne Vehreschild (Author), Walter A. Wohlgemuth (Author), Astrid Petersmann (Author), Maria J.G.T. Vehreschild (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Vulnerability to infectious diseases in refugees is dependent on country of origin, flight routes, and conditions. Information on specific medical needs of different groups of refugees is lacking. We assessed the prevalence of infectious diseases, immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases...