Health of Syrian unaccompanied asylum seeking adolescents (UASA) at first medical examination in Germany in comparison to UASA from other world regions

Table 4 Prevalences (%) of the most common infections

Infections	Total	Gender			Region/country of origin
Infections	Total	F	M	p	SSA	other WA	SYR	SA	NA	O	p
H. pylori	34.5%	40.3%	33.3%	.292	53.9%	24.5%	19%	34.4%	37.5%	46.7%	=.001
H. pylori	104/298	27/67	77/231	.292	35/65	13/53	11/58	22/64	15/40	7/15	=.001
one or more Helminths ^a	8.7%	10.5%	8.2%/	.515	27.1% ^b	4.8%	0%	6.4%	6.4%	0%	<.001
one or more Helminths ^a	30/346	8/76	22/270	.515	19/70	3/63	0/68	5/78	3/47	0/17	<.001
Giardiasis	5.3%	7.1%	4.7%	.432	6.1%	1.7%	5%	9.2%	2.8%	0%	.526
Giardiasis	16/302	5/70	11/232	.432	4/66	1/59	3/60	6/65	1/36	0/13	.526
Scabies	4.2%	5.3%	4.4%	.764	10%	1.6%	2.9%	2.6%	6.4%	5.9%	.197
Scabies	16/346	4/76	12/270	.764	7/70	1/63	2/68	2/78	3/47	1/17	.197
Hepatitis B	4.2%	2.8%	4.6%	.518	13.4%	0%	0%	6.4%	0%	0%	<.001
Hepatitis B	14/335	2/71	12/264	.518	9/67	0/63	0/64	5/78	0/46	0/15	<.001
Mycosis	3.5%	0%	4.4%	.076	1.4%	0%	2.9%	7.7%	6.4%	0%	.114
Mycosis	12/346	0/76	12/270	.076	1/70	0/63	2/68	6/78	3/47	0/17	.114
Amoebiasis	3.3%	5.6%	2.6%	.255	7.7%	0%	1.7%	2.9%	5.6%	0%	.204
Amoebiasis	10/304	4/72	6/232	.255	5/65	0/58	1/60	2/68	2/36	0/14	.204

SSA sub-Saharan Africa, other WA West Asia without Syrian UASA, SYR Syrian, SA South Asia, NA North Africa, O=Other Regions
^aComprising: Schistosoma, Hymenolepis nana, Ancylostomatidae, Oxyuridae, Trichuris trichiura, Strongyloides
^bHigh prevalence due to Schistosoma infections that were only tested in UASA from sub-Saharan Africa
Further Infections: Gastroenteritis (1.5%), latent tuberculosis (1.5%), verrucas (1.2%), Aeromonas caviae (0.9%), herpes (0.9%), Campylobacter (0.3%), Epstein-Barr virus (0.3%), varicella zoster (0.3%), Haemophilus influenzae (0.3%), cryptosporidia (0.3%), lice (0.3%), post-polio syndrome (0.3%), Tularemia (0.3%)

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