Other health problems of considerable importance among Asian-Indians immigrants include:
• Cardiovascular disease
• Hypertension
• Diabetes mellitus, Type 2 per se, or as a part of Syndrome X
• Nutritional deficits
• Tuberculosis ( multi-drug resistant variety is not uncommon)
• Malaria—choloroquin resistant P.falciparum
• Filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti infection)
• Protozoal—Amebiasis ( intestinal and liver)— E. histolytica and Giardiasis ( G. lamblia)
• Other parasitic infestations
• Hepatitis A
• Dental caries and periodontal disease
• Sickle cell disease in selected populations
