Abstract
Between October and December 1979, 192 refugee patients received medical screening for hepatitis, intestinal parasites and tuberculosis at the Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. Of the 192 patients, 83 were found to harbor intestinal parasitic ova and cysts; 143 were tested for tuberculosis, of whom 50 were found to be positive; 192 were checked for hepatitis, of whom 21 had asymptomatic hepatitis B antigenemia.
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