Gastrointestinal Infection Among International Travelers Globally

Greenwood, Zoe; Black, Jim; Weld, Leisa; O’Brien, D. P.; Leder, Karin; Sonnenburg, Frank von; Pandey, Prativa; Schwartz, Eli; Connor, Bradley A.; Brown, Graham V.; Freedman, David O.; Torresi, Joseph

doi:10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00203.x

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“…Travel destination was found previously to be the most influential risk factor for travel-associated diarrhea. 21,22 In agreement with our data, destinations in North Africa in particular were described previously to be associated with increased risk for travel-related diarrhea. 9,20 Although ill children returning from other world regions considered to be high-risk areas for travel-associated diarrhea (ie, southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa) 22 showed evidence of significant risk of disease, no significant proportionate increase was noted, compared with children returning from Europe or North America.…”

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Illness in Children After International Travel: Analysis From the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network

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OBJECTIVE: By using a large, multicenter database, we investigated the characteristics and morbidities of 1591 children returning from 218 global destinations and presenting for care in 19 countries. METHODS: Data reported to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network between January 1997 and November 2007 were analyzed, to assess demographic features, travel characteristics, and clinical diagnoses of ill pediatric travelers. Data were compared between children and adults and among 3 pediatric age groups (0–5 years, 6–11 years, and 12–17 years). RESULTS: Children were predominantly tourist travelers returning from Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, or Latin America. Compared with adults, children disproportionately presented within 7 days after return, required hospitalization, lacked pretravel health advice, and had traveled for the purpose of visiting friends and relatives. Diarrhea (28%), dermatologic conditions (25%), systemic febrile illnesses (23%), and respiratory disorders (11%) accounted for the majority of diagnoses reported for children. No fatalities were reported. Diarrhea occurred disproportionately among children after exposure to the Middle East/North Africa, dermatologic conditions after exposure to Latin America, systemic febrile illnesses after exposure to sub-Saharan Africa or Asia, and respiratory disorders after exposure to Europe or North America. The proportionate morbidity rates of travel-associated diseases differed among the pediatric age groups and between children and adults. CONCLUSIONS: The health care utilization patterns before and after travel and the profiles of travel-associated health problems differed between children and adults. Health professionals providing pretravel advice need to consider destination- and age-specific susceptibility to travel-related morbidities and develop prevention strategies accordingly.

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Illness in Children After International Travel: Analysis From the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network

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“…The high overall incidence in Turkey was attributed to gastroenteritis, whereas the next highest figures in Greece and Spain were mainly due to respiratory tract infections. Greenwood et al described a low risk of gastroenteritis for southern Europe [27], yet we found an elevated incidence in Greece and Spain.…”

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“…As data have been unrelated to numbers of travellers per site, the main point of criticism has been that proportions of health problems easily suffer distortion [20]. Some reports have described single imported diseases in relation to national travel statistics [25] or World Tourism Organization data [26,27], but a thorough overview of travellers' health risks has been lacking.…”

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Illness and injury of travellers abroad: Finnish nationwide data from 2010 to 2012, with incidences in various regions of the world

Siikamäki

Kivelä

Fotopoulos³

et al. 2015

Eurosurveillance

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“…Contrary to the widely held belief that travelers to South Africa are at low risk of acquiring traveler's diarrhea, 5,6 our data show that South Africa travelers are just as likely to present with traveler's diarrhea as those from neighboring countries in the region. Acute, unspecified diarrhea was the most common category reported, which may reflect the practice of an empiric trial of treatment with antibiotics before detailed diagnostic studies.…”

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Health Risks in Travelers to South Africa: The GeoSentinel Experience and Implications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Mendelson

Davis²,

Jensenius³

et al. 2010

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. Using the GeoSentinel database, an analysis of ill patients returning from throughout sub-Saharan Africa over a 13-year period was performed. Systemic febrile illness, dermatologic, and acute diarrheal illness were the most common syndromic groupings, whereas spotted fever group rickettsiosis was the most common individual diagnosis for travelers to South Africa. In contrast to the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, only six cases of malaria were documented in South Africa travelers. Vaccine-preventable diseases, typhoid, hepatitis A, and potential rabies exposures were uncommon in South Africa travelers. Pre-travel advice for the travelers to the 2010 World Cup should be individualized according to these findings.

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Gastrointestinal Infection Among International Travelers Globally

Abstract: This analysis of morbidity associated with oral ingestion of pathogens abroad determines which parts of the world currently are high-risk destinations.

Cited by 125 publications

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Illness in Children After International Travel: Analysis From the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network

Illness in Children After International Travel: Analysis From the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network

Illness and injury of travellers abroad: Finnish nationwide data from 2010 to 2012, with incidences in various regions of the world

Health Risks in Travelers to South Africa: The GeoSentinel Experience and Implications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

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