01716nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653001000084653002100094653003100115653001700146653001300163653001100176653001800187653002000205653001100225653001100236653000900247100001400256700001600270700001500286700001600301700001400317700001100331700001300342245006700355300001100422490000700433520090000440022001401340       1993                            d  c1993 Jun-Jul10aAdolescent10aAdult10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aEmigration and Immigration10aEpidemiology10aEthiopia10aFemale10aHealth Status10aHospitalization10aHumans10aIsrael10aMale1 aNahmias J1 aGreenberg Z1 aBerger S A1 aHornstein L1 aBilgury B1 aAbel B1 aKutner S00aHealth profile of Ethiopian immigrants in Israel: an overview.  a338-430 v293 a<p>The health profile of two groups of Ethiopian immigrants in Israel was evaluated. Trichophytosis and active trachoma were observed in 5%-8.7% of prepubertal children. Among adults 13% had corneal opacities and 10.4% had cataracts. Goiter, spastic bronchitis, valvular heart disease, leprosy and onchocerciasis were prevalent. Malnutrition was common, with average body weights ranging from 72.4% to 85.2% of normal. Anemia was observed in 6.3% of young children and 70% of all immigrants. Fifty percent of children over 12 years and 98% of adults over 40 years of age had been exposed to hepatitis B virus; 9.8%-11.8% were HBsAg carriers. Tuberculin tests were positive in 9.8%-13%; and intestinal parasites were identified in 86%-98%. Hospitalization was required for 15.7% of immigrants arriving during the period 1978-90, and for 3.7% of those arriving in mid-1991 (Operation Solomon).</p>  a0021-2180