Helminth-related Eosinophilia in African Immigrants, Gran Canaria
- Javier Pardo
- Cristina Carranza
- Antonio Muro
- Alfonso Angel-Moreno
- Antonio-Manuel Martín
- Teresa Martín
- Michele Hernández-Cabrera
- José-Luis Pérez-Arellano
Publication date
October 2006
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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
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