Volume 15, Number 11—November 2009
Research
Imported Infectious Diseases in Mobile Populations, Spain
Begoña Monge-Maillo, B. Carolina Jiménez, José A. Pérez-Molina, Francesca Norman, Miriam Navarro, Ana Pérez-Ayala, Juan M. Herrero, Pilar Zamarrón, and Rogelio López-Vélez
Table 4
Infectious diseases diagnoses in asymptomatic patients, Tropical Medicine Unit, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain, 1989–2008
| Diagnostic category and disease | Asymptomatic cases, no. (%), n = 396 |
|---|---|
| Tropical infectious diseases | |
| Filariasis | 36 (9.1) |
| Intestinal parasites | 35 (8.8) |
| Malaria | 15 (3.8) |
| Chagas disease | 43 (10.9) |
| Schistosomiasis | 5 (1.3) |
| Cysticercosis |
0 |
| Transmissible infectious diseases | |
| Latent tuberculosis | 160 (40.4) |
| Active tuberculosis | 3 (0.7) |
| Hepatotropic virus, acute infection* | 2 (0.5) |
| Hepatotropic virus, chronic infection† | 40 (10.1) |
| Sexually transmitted infections‡ | 10 (2.5) |
| HIV infection | 19 (4.8) |
| Leprosy |
0 |
| Common infectious diseases | |
| Respiratory tract infections | 0 |
| Gastrointestinal bacterial infections | 10 (2.5) |
| Urinary tract infections | 9 (2.3) |
| Skin infections |
9 (2.3) |
| Infrequent infections | 8 (2.0) |
*Acute infections with hepatotropic virus caused by hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis E virus, cytomegalovirus, and Epstein-Barr virus.
†Chronic infections with hepatotropic virus were caused by hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis D virus.
‡Sexually transmitted infections comprised syphilis, bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, gonococcal urethritis, Chlamydia trachomatis, and genital herpes virus.
