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Methodological Guide on Providing Health Support and services to People who are homeless -
Report from French organisation FNARS (Text in French)
European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless 
3/15/2007
Report
Diseases
 

General Reports

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Infections in the homeless.
Raoult D, Foucault C, Brouqui P.
Lancet Infect Dis 2001 Sep;1(2):77-84
 Abstract

Bartonella

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Bartonella quintana bacteremia and overproduction of interleukin-10: model of bacterial
persistence in homeless people.
Capo C, Amirayan-Chevillard N, Brouqui P, et al
J Infect Dis. 2003 Mar 1;187(5):837-44.
 Abstract
 
Chronic Bartonella quintana bacteremia in homeless patients.
Brouqui P, Lascola B, Roux V, Raoult D.
N Engl J Med. 1999 Jan 21;340(3):184-9.
Abstract
 
Autochthonous epidemic typhus associated with Bartonella quintana bacteremia in
a homeless person.
Badiaga S, Brouqui P, Raoult D.
Am J Trop  Med Hyg. 2005 May;72(5):638-9
 Abstract
 
Cutaneous Disease

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The effect of a single dose of oral ivermectin on pruritus in the homeless.
Badiaga S, Foucault C, Rogier C, et al 
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008 May 1
 Abstract

Prevalence of skin infections in sheltered homeless of Marseilles (France).
Badiaga S, Menard A, Tissot Dupont H,
Eur J Dermatol. 2005 Sep-Oct;15(5):382-6
 Abstract
 
Pediculosis

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Oral ivermectin in the treatment of body lice.
Foucault C, Ranque S, Badiaga S
J Infect Dis. 2006 Feb 1;193(3):474-6
 Abstract
Q Fever

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Q fever outbreak in homeless shelter.
Brouqui P, Badiaga S, Raoult D.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Jul;10(7):1297-9.
Paper
Special Populations
 
Juveniles

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Psychotic disorders among homeless subjects attending a psychiatric emergency service.
Cougnard A, Grolleau S, Lamarque F 
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2006 Aug 21;
 Abstract
 
Mentally Ill
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Mental Health disorders, medical care and social support in a vulnerable population:
The example of the maternal centres in Paris.
Saļas T, Greacen T, Brengard D, et al
Encephale. 2008 Dec;34(6):584-8
 Abstract
 
Substance/Alcohol Users

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Homelessness and high-dosage buprenorphine misuse.
Blanchon T, Boissonnas A, Vareseon I
Subst Use Misuse. 2003 Feb-May;38(3-6):429-42.
Abstract

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