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Heudorf U, Karathana M, Krackhardt B, et al. Surveillance for parasites in unaccompanied minor refugees migrating to Germany in 2015. GMS Hyg Infect Control. 2016;11:Doc05doi: 10.3205/dgkh000265.
Heudorf, U., Karathana, M., Krackhardt, B., Huber, M., Raupp, P., & Zinn, C. (2016). Surveillance for parasites in unaccompanied minor refugees migrating to Germany in 2015. GMS hygiene and infection control, 11Doc05. https://doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000265
Heudorf, Ursel, et al. "Surveillance for parasites in unaccompanied minor refugees migrating to Germany in 2015." GMS hygiene and infection control vol. 11 (2016): Doc05. doi: https://doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000265
Heudorf U, Karathana M, Krackhardt B, Huber M, Raupp P, Zinn C. Surveillance for parasites in unaccompanied minor refugees migrating to Germany in 2015. GMS Hyg Infect Control. 2016 Mar 01;11:Doc05. doi: 10.3205/dgkh000265. eCollection 2016. PMID: 26958459; PMCID: PMC4773540.
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GMS Hyg Infect Control. 2016 Mar 01;11:Doc05. doi: 10.3205/dgkh000265. eCollection 2016.

Surveillance for parasites in unaccompanied minor refugees migrating to Germany in 2015.

GMS hygiene and infection control

Ursel Heudorf, Maria Karathana, Bernhard Krackhardt, Meike Huber, Peter Raupp, Christian Zinn

Affiliations

  1. Public Health Department, Infectiology and Hygiene, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
  2. Public Health Department, Pediatrics, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
  3. Center for Hygiene and Infection Prevention, Ingelheim, Germany.

PMID: 26958459 PMCID: PMC4773540 DOI: 10.3205/dgkh000265

Abstract

In 2015, most of the refugees arriving in Germany originated from countries with poor hygienic and sanitary conditions. Stool samples of 1,230 minor refugees unaccompanied by adults were investigated for possible parasites. Giardia lamblia was by far the most frequently detected parasite (n=165); all other parasites were considerably less frequent and encountered in the following order: Hymenolepis nana (n=23), Entamoeba histolytica (n=17), Trichuris trichiura (n=8), and Blastocystis hominis (n=1). Ascaris lumbricoides was not detected among any of the screened refugees. Considerable differences in prevalence rates in refugees originating from different countries could be observed.

Keywords: parasites; refugees; unaccompanied minor refugees

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