Preventing and Controlling Emerging and Reemerging Transmissible Diseases in the Homeless
2008
Preventing and Controlling Diseases in the Homeless
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Author Information
Author(s): Sékéné Badiaga, MD, Didier Raoult, MD, PhD, Philippe Brouqui, MD, PhD, Charles P. Vega, MD
Primary Institution: University of California, Irvine
Conclusion
The article discusses practices to reduce the burden of transmissible diseases among the homeless population.
Supporting Evidence
- Participants will learn to reduce the burden of HIV and hepatitis infection among the homeless.
- Participants will identify how to screen for and treat tuberculosis in homeless settings.
- Participants will describe the problem of scabies and body louse infections among the homeless.
- Participants will specify the burden of illness associated with Bartonella quintana among the homeless.
Takeaway
This article teaches how to help homeless people avoid getting sick from diseases like HIV and tuberculosis.
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