Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-11T03:51:57 RDF description of Hearing hoofbeats, thinking zebras: five diseases common among refugees that Minnesota physicians need to know about - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn38525 Minnesota Medicine Refugees/*statistics & numerical data Schistosomiasis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*epidemiology document-rn38525 Emigration and Immigration/*statistics & numerical data Cross-Sectional Studies 90 Humans Hepatitis B/diagnosis/drug therapy/*epidemiology *Developing Countries Primary Health Care Malaria/diagnosis/drug therapy/*epidemiology Strongyloidiasis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*epidemiology <p>Minnesota accepts more refugees per capita than any other state. For that reason, primary care physicians throughout the state are likely to encounter refugees in their practices. This article describes 5 infectious diseases that are common among refugees and what physicians need to know about them in order to effectively screen and treat patients who are newcomers to this country. The diseases discussed are strongyloides, schistosomiasis, malaria, hepatitis B, and tuberculosis.<p> 41294 23837 Minnesota 3 Tuberculosis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*epidemiology Hearing hoofbeats, thinking zebras: five diseases common among refugees that Minnesota physicians need to know about 2025-02-14T21:34:35.132-06:00 public