Primary Article

Specific Health Problems of Southeast Asian Refugees in Middle Tennessee

Authors: ANH H. DAO MD, DAVID W. GREGORY MD, L CLIFFORD McKEE MD

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Three diseases representative of specific health conditions affecting the Southeast Asian refugees living in middle Tennessee are leprosy (chronic bacterial infections), liver fluke infection (parasitic diseases), and hemoglobin E-β-thalassemia (hematologic disorders). In this paper we discuss incidence, causative agent, mode of transmission, metabolic abnormalities, and management of these conditions.

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