Investigation of Infections in Illegal Immigrants Brought To the Emergency Department of a Hospital
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
The objective of our study is to determine the prevalence of the asylum seekers to sexually transmitted diseases, such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS and syphilis, and by identifying health problems of the asylum seekers in our country based on infectious diseases to determine the appropriate approach procedure. Between the dates of january 2016-september 2017, identified as fugitives by the Erzurum police forces, the 318 asylum seeker that applied to our hospital's emergency clinic for the purpose of examination were evaluated retrospectively. The serologic reagents related to hepatitis viruses (HBsAg, anti HCV) and anti HIV antibodies were examined with the ELISA method (cobas 4000( e411) Roche Diagnostics Turkey) based on chemiluminescence. 76.5% of the asylum seekers were Afghani and 23.5% of the asylum seekers were Pakistani. VDRL positivity was not seen in asylum seekers. While 11(3.45%) of the 318 asylum seekers were found HBsAg positive and 7 (2.2%) of them were found anti-hcv positive, anti-HIV positivity was not seen in any of the cases. It was found that all of the immigrants with confirmed HBsAg and anti-HCV positivity were men and their age range was 14-20. As the immigration rate has increased in recent years and our country has become a transit point for such asylum seekers trying to go to other European countries, our country must create permanent and suitable health policies for the asylum seekers and the refugees and take protective measures for the infectious diseases.
Authors and Affiliations
Erdal Tekin1, Selma Sezen, Fatma Kesmez Can
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