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Table 4 Matrix of the combined detections of microorganisms of relevance because of their clinical or public health significance in the assessed unaccompanied minor refugees (UMRs)

From: Microbiological screenings for infection control in unaccompanied minor refugees: the German Armed Forces Medical Service’s experience

 

G. duodenalis

n = 20

S. stercoralis

n = 2

S. mansoni

n = 13

H. nana

n = 3

C. jejuni

n = 1

anti-HBc-antibodies

n = 26

HBs-antigen

n = 3

EPEC

n = 12

EIEC

n = 2

EAEC

n = 5

G. duodenalis

n = 20

 

1/2

(50%)

5/13

(38.5%)

0/3

(0%)

0/1

(0%)

4/26

(15.4%)

0/3

(0%)

1/12

(8.3%)

0/2

(0%)

1/5

(20%)

S. stercoralis

n = 2

1/20

(5%)

 

1/13

(7.7%)

0/3

(0%)

0/1

(0%)

0/26

(0%)

0/3

(0%)

0/12

(0%)

0/2

(0%)

0/5

(0%)

S. mansoni n = 13

5/20

(25%)

1/2

(50%)

 

0/3

(0%)

1/1

(100%)

5/26

(19.2%)

1/3

(33.3%)

1/12

(8.3%)

0/2

(0%)

1/ 5

(20%)

H. nana

n = 3

0/20

(0%)

0/2

(0%)

0/13

(0%)

 

0/1

(0%)

0/26

(0%)

0/3

(0%)

0/12

(0%)

0/2

(0%)

0/5

(0%)

C. jejuni

n = 1

0/20

(0%)

0/2

(0%)

1/13

(7.7%)

0/3

(0%)

 

0/26

(0%)

0/3

(0%)

0/12

(0%)

0/2

(0%)

0/5

(0%)

anti-HBc-

n = 26

2/20

(10%)

0/2

(0%)

5/13

(38.5%)

0/3

(0%)

0/1

(0%)

 

3/3

(100%)

0/12

(0%)

1/2

(50%)

1/5

(20%)

HBs-antigen

n = 3

0/3

(0%)

0/2

(0%)

1/13

(7.7%)

0 /3

(0%)

0/1

(0%)

3/26

(11.5%)

 

0/12

(0%)

0/2

(0%)

0/5

(0%)

EPEC

n = 12

1/20

(5%)

0/2

(0%)

1/13

(7.7%)

0/3

(0%)

0/1

(0%)

0/26

(0%)

0/3

(0%)

 

0/2

(0%)

1/5

(20%)

EIEC

n = 2

0/20

(0%)

0/2

(0%)

0/13

(0%)

0/3

(0%)

0/1

(0%)

1/26

(3.8%)

0/3

(0%)

0/12

(0%)

 

0/5

(0%)

EAEC

n = 5

1/20

(5%)

0/2

(0%)

1/13

(7.7%)

0/3

(0%)

0/1

(0%)

1/26

(3.8%)

0/3

(0%)

1/5

(20%)

0/2

(0%)

 
  1. All assessments of UMRs were negative for C. parvum, E. histolytica, C. cayetanensis, Shigella spp./EIEC, C. jejuni, Yersinia spp., soil-associated nematodes (A. lumbricoides, Ancylostoma spp., N. americanus, S. stercoralis), EHEC, and ETEC