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The study was supported by the Catalonian Government [PERIS 2017 SLT002/16/0045]. ISGlobal acknowledges support from the grant CEX2023-0001290-S funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, and support from the Generalitat de Catalunya through the Cerca Program. AnaRequena-Mendez is funded by the Strategic Research Programme in Epidemiology at Karolinska Institute. AngelineCruz is funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII),co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) from the European Region, through the'Contratos predoctorales de formacion en investigacion (PFIS)',grant number FI22/00156. The funders of the study had norole in study design, data collection, data analysis, datainterpretation or writing of the manuscript.

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Requena Mendez, Maria Del PilarAuthorSequeira-Aymar, EthelAuthorRequena-Mendez, AnaCorresponding Author
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Epidemiology of infectious diseases in migrant populations from endemic or high-endemic countries: A multicentric primary care-based study in Spain

Publicated to:Tropical Medicine & International Health. 29 (9): 820-832 - 2024-07-19 29(9), DOI: 10.1111/tmi.14036

Authors: Cruz, A; Sequeira-Aymar, E; Casellas, A; Cuxart-Graell, A; Requena-Méndez, A; Gonçalves, AQ; Llorca, MRD; Aguilar-Martín, C; Camps-Vila, L; Monclús-González, MM; Revuelta-Muñoz, EM; Busquet-Solé, N; Sarriegui-Domínguez, S

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Atencio Primaria Salut Jordi Gol & Gurina IDIAPJG, Fundacio Inst Univ, Unitat Suport Recerca Terres Ebre, Tarragona, Spain - Author
August Pi & Sunyer Biomed Res Inst IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Consorci Atencio Primaria Salut Barcelona Esquerr, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Consorci Sanitari Integral CSI, Ctr Atencio Primaria Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Ctr Invest Biomed Red Enfermedades Infecciosas, ISCIII CIBER Enfermedades Infecciosas, CIBERINFEC, Inst Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain - Author
Inst Catala Salut Carrer Pica Estats, Unitat Docent Multiprofess Atencio Familiar & Com, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Inst Catala Salut ICS, Ctr Atencio Primaria Maig 1, Lleida, Spain - Author
Inst Catala Salut ICS, Ctr Atencio Primaria Rambla Ferran, Lleida, Spain - Author
Inst Catala Salut ICS, Ctr Atencio Primaria Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Inst Catala Salut ICS, Equip Atencio Primaria Tortosa Oest, Tarragona, Spain - Author
Inst Catala Salut, Direccio Atencio Primaria Terres Ebre, Unitat Avaluacio, Tarragona, Spain - Author
ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Solna, Stockholm, Sweden - Author
Red Invest Cronicidad Atenc Primaria & Promoc Sal, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona UB, Fac Med & Ciencies Salut, Barcelona, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of seven infections (Chagas disease, strongyloidiasis, schistosomiasis, human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B and C virus, and active tuberculosis) in migrant populations attended at primary care facilities in Catalonia, Spain. Methods: This is a cross sectional study conducted from March to December 2018 at eight primary care centres in Catalonia, Spain where health professionals were recommended to systematically screen multiple infections in migrants considering the endemicity of the pathogens in their country of birth. Routine health data were retrospectively extracted from electronic health records of the primary care centres. The proportion of cases among individuals tested for each infection was estimated with its 95% confident interval (CI). Mixed-effects logistics regression models were conducted to assess any possible association between the exposure variables and the primary outcome. Results: Out of the 15,780 migrants that attended primary care centres, 2410 individuals were tested for at least one infection. Of the 508 (21.1%) migrants diagnosed with at least one condition, a higher proportion originated from Sub-Saharan Africa (207, 40.7%), followed by South-East Europe (117, 23.0%) and Latin-America (88, 17.3%; p value

Keywords
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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Tropical Medicine & International Health due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Parasitology.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-05-02:

  • Scopus: 1
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 16.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 16 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 5 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Sweden.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Requena Mendez, Ana).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Requena Mendez, Ana.