TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Migrants rescued on the Mediterranean Sea route: nutritional, psychological status and infectious disease control
JO  - Journal of infection in developing countries
A1  - Angeletti, Silvia
A1  - Ceccarelli, Giancarlo
A1  - Bazzardi, Riccardo
A1  - Fogolari, Marta
A1  - Vita, Serena
A1  - Antonelli, Francesca
A1  - De Florio, Lucia
A1  - Khazrai, Yeganeh Manon
A1  - De Noia, Vincenza
A1  - Lopalco, Maurizio
A1  - Alagia, Domenico
A1  - Pedone, Claudio
A1  - Lauri, Gaetano
A1  - Aronica, Rosario
A1  - Riva, Elisabetta
A1  - Demir, Ayse Banu
A1  - Abacioglu, Hakan
A1  - Ciccozzi, Massimo
A1  - Sanitary Bureau of Extraordinary Reception Center (ERC) of Rocca di Papa, 
SP  - 454
EP  - 462
VL  - 14
IS  - 5
N2  - INTRODUCTION: North Africa has become a key migratory hub where a large number of migrants attempt the journey by sea from the Libyan coastline to the south of Europe. In this humanitarian disaster scenario, the Mediterranean route has been one of the most used by illegal boats.     METHODOLOGY: In this report, the state of physical and psychological health of a cluster of Eritrean migrants, escaped from Libya and rescued in the Mediterranean Sea after a shipwreck, was described by epidemiological, clinical and laboratory investigations.     RESULTS: Data suggest that despite the majority  of the migrants being apparently in good health upon a syndromic surveillance approach, most of them suffered a decline in psychological status as well as severe malnutrition. The emergence of infectious diseases, related to poor living conditions during the journey, is not a rare event.     CONCLUSION: The present report highlights the risks of failures of the syndromic medical approach in the setting of the extremely challenging migration route and underlines migrant frailties consequent to a prolonged journey and long period of detention. These stressors, which can degrade the initial health condition of traveling migrants, can lead to a premature "exhausted migrant effect" that should be carefully investigated in order to avoid the early emergence of diseases related to frailty.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2036-6590
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3855/jidc.11918
ID  - ref1
ER  -