Browsing Biomedical Research Center by Subject "Long-term residents"
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A decade of intestinal protozoan epidemiology among settled immigrants in Qatar
( PubMed Central , 2016 , Article)Background: 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 ... -
Helminth infections among long-term residents and settled immigrants in Qatar in the decade from 2005 to 2014: temporal trends and varying prevalence among subjects from different regional origins
( BioMed Central , 2016 , Article)Background: Travel and migration from developing regions, where tropical diseases are common, to more developed industrialised nations can contribute to the introduction and subsequent spread of infections. With its rapidly ... -
Helminth Infections Among Long-Term-Residents and Settled Immigrants in Qatar in the Decade from 2005 to 2014: Temporal Trends and Varying Prevalence Among Subjects from Different Regional Origins
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)We analysed the prevalence of helminth infection in a dataset of 31,008 records of subjects referred for stool examination at the Hamad Medical Corporation over the course of a decade (2005 to 2014, inclusive). Overall ...