[Population screening strategies in recent immigrant to Spain]

Abstract

The definition of terms that delimites the content of this paper are initially displayed. Subsequently, the main sources of information about the disease screening in immigrants and the entities considered susceptible of screening are showed. In a later section we review the diagnostic methodology used, separately considering the history, physical examination, the usual complementary tests and specific studies of both infectious and noninfectious diseases. Finally, with the limitations of the data available a proposal of a protocol for screening of diseases in recent immigrant is performed.

Keywords: Cribado; Imported infections; Infecciones importadas; Inmigrante recién llegado; Recently arrived immigrants; Screening.