Overview
A single-centre, non-profit experimental clinical trial. The aim of the study is to estimate the prevalence of a range of infections and infectious diseases in a cohort of asylum seekers staying in initial reception centres, who have been in Italy for at least 2 months but no more than 36 months. The infections of interest are: latent tuberculosis and active tuberculosis, HIV, HBV, HCV, syphilis, strongyloidiasis, schistosomiasis, filariasis, and intestinal helminthiasis.
Description
A single-centre, non-profit experimental clinical trial. The aim of the study is to estimate the prevalence of a range of infections and infectious diseases in a cohort of asylum seekers staying in initial reception centres, who have been in Italy for at least 2 months but no more than 36 months. The infections of interest are: latent tuberculosis and active tuberculosis, HIV, HBV, HCV, syphilis, strongyloidiasis, schistosomiasis, filariasis, and intestinal helminthiasis.
All migrants will undergo, on a single occasion:
- Medical history: travel history, focusing primarily on identifying the migration route; recent and past medical history, with the aim of identifying risk factors, signs and symptoms of the main communicable and non-communicable diseases;
- Measurement of vital signs (blood pressure, oxygen saturation, heart rate) and weight;
- Physical examination;
- Blood sampling for the following tests: complete blood count with differential, ALT, creatinine + eGFR, urea, blood glucose; serology for HCV, HIV, Treponema, HBV marker, Quantiferon test, Strongyloides serology, Schistosoma serology (if indicated), filarial serology (if indicated);
- Urine collection for a complete urinalysis and a urological parasitological examination (if indicated);
- Stool collection for a faecal parasitological examination
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- All asylum seekers residing in reception centers who are 18 years of age or older, have been in Italy for at least 2 months but no more than 36 months, who express their consent to undergo screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals under the age of 18; Asylum seekers who have been in Italy for less than 2 months or for more than 36 months; Refusal to consent to participate in the study
