Iatrogenic Blood-borne Viral Infections in Refugee Children from War and Transition Zones

Type Journal Article - Emerging infectious diseases
Title Iatrogenic Blood-borne Viral Infections in Refugee Children from War and Transition Zones
Author(s)
Volume 19
Issue 6
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2013
Page numbers 892-898
URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713815/
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.

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