As this is written, refugees are tending to present in countries of second asylum with more chronic and common illnesses such as hypertension and arthritis. However, we continue to see refugee patients with more exotic diseases. Mutated, new, or newly discovered pathogens. A much greater number of legal and illegal immigrants have also arrived in the U.S. in recent years. Indepth discussions of tuberculosis and HIV are conspicuously absent from this site, as they are well-covered in the literature.
Infection occurs locally and at a distance.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Europe tries to turn a tide of migrants chasing dreams. New York Times. Leishmania, trypanosoma, and monoxenous trypanosomatids as emerging opportunistic agents. Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.