The case reports multiple helmintiasis and chronic hepatitis caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV)/hepatitis D virus (HDV) in an immunocompetent immigrant male. It highlights the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of neglected infectious diseases in low endemic eas, besides difficulties that Western countries encounter in responding to immigrants’ health needs.

Multiple chronic parasitic infections in an immunocompetent immigrant: A challenge for healthcare management / Raffaelli C.S.; Rossetti B.; Zammarchi L.; Redi D.; Rinaldi F.; de Luca A.; Montagnani F.. - In: LE INFEZIONI IN MEDICINA. - ISSN 1124-9390. - ELETTRONICO. - 26:(2018), pp. 276-279.

Multiple chronic parasitic infections in an immunocompetent immigrant: A challenge for healthcare management

Zammarchi L.;RINALDI, FRANCESCA;
2018

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The case reports multiple helmintiasis and chronic hepatitis caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV)/hepatitis D virus (HDV) in an immunocompetent immigrant male. It highlights the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of neglected infectious diseases in low endemic eas, besides difficulties that Western countries encounter in responding to immigrants’ health needs.
2018
26
276
279
Raffaelli C.S.; Rossetti B.; Zammarchi L.; Redi D.; Rinaldi F.; de Luca A.; Montagnani F.
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