Prevalence of human immune deficiency virus in immigrants crossing to Europe from North and Sub-Saharan Africa

Date

2016-11

Type

Article

Journal title

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 14

Author(s)

Mohamed A. Daw
Abdallah El-bouzedi
Mohamed O. Ahmed
Aghnyia A. Dau
Mohamed M. Agnan
Aisha M. Drah
Ali O. Deake
Libyan Study Group of Hepatitis & HIV

Abstract

Immigrants have become an important focus point of research nowadays particularly as they are prone to certain viral infections and diseases. This will be reflected greatly on the health care system of both the traverse and resettlement countries. African immigrants from North and Sub-Saharan countries accounted for the majority of immigrants to European Union particularly after the recent armed conflict in Libya. Here in we report on the prevalence of Human Immune Deficiency Virus in African immigrants resided in Libya before reaching their final destiny in EU. The epidemiological manifestations of Hepatitis C Virus in these immigrants have been published recently by the Journal of Travel Medicine and Infectious diseases [1]

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