Helminth-related Eosinophilia in African immigrants, Gran Canaria

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Oct;12(10):1587-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1210.060102.

Abstract

Of 788 recent African adult immigrants to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 213 (27.0%) had eosinophilia. The most frequent causes were filariasis (29.4%), schistosomiasis (17.2%), and hookworm infection (16.8%). Stool microscopy and filarial and schistosomal serologic tests gave the highest diagnostic yield. Country of origin and eosinophil count were associated with specific diagnoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Africa / ethnology
  • Animals
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Eosinophilia / epidemiology*
  • Eosinophilia / parasitology*
  • Female
  • Helminthiasis / epidemiology*
  • Helminthiasis / parasitology*
  • Helminths / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prospective Studies
  • Spain / epidemiology