| assessing the burden of intestinal parasites affecting newly arrived immigrants in qatar. | in the last decades, the enormous influx of immigrants to industrialized countries has led to outbreaks of parasitic diseases, with enteric infections being amongst the most frequently encountered. in its strategy to control such infection, qatar has established the pre-employment certificate (pec) program which requires medical inspection before arrival in qatar and which is mandatory for immigrant workers travelling to the country. to assess the reliability of the pec, we conducted a survey of ... | 2016 | 27903290 |
| a decade of intestinal protozoan epidemiology among settled immigrants in qatar. | the world health organization estimates that about 3.5 billion people worldwide are affected by intestinal parasitic infections. reports have already emphasized the role of immigrants in outbreaks of parasitic diseases in industrialized countries. with the mass influx of immigrants to qatar, patent intestinal parasitic infections have been observed. herein, the prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections was analysed in 29,286 records of subjects referred for stool examination at the hamad med ... | 2016 | 27496143 |