Background: Europeans represent the majority of international travellers and clinicians encountering returned patients have an essential role in recognizing, and communicating travel-associated public health risks. Methods: To investigate the morbidity of travel associated infectious diseases in...
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Field, V.; Gautret, P.; Schlagenhauf, P.; Burchard, G. D.; Caumes, E.; Jensenius, M.; Castelli, F.; Gkrania-Klotsas, E.; Weld, L.; Lopez-Velez, R.; Vries, P. de; Sonnenburg, F. von; Loutan, L.; Parola, P.
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BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2010, 10, 330, pp (17 November 2010)
Background: Travel is important in the acquisition and dissemination of infection. We aimed to assess European surveillance data for travel-related illness to profile imported infections, track trends, identify risk groups, and assess the usefulness of pre-travel advice. Methods: We analysed...
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Schlagenhauf, P.; Weld, L.; Goorhuis, A.; Gautret, P.; Weber, R.; Sonnenburg, F. von; Lopez-Vélez, R.; Jensenius, M.; Cramer, J. P.; Field, V. K.; Odolini, S.; Gkrania-Klotsas, E.; Chappuis, F.; Malvy, D.; Genderen, P. J. J. van; Mockenhaupt, F.; Jauréguiberry, S.; Smith, C.; Beeching, N. J.; Ursing, J.; Parola, P.; Grobusch, M. P.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2015, 15, 1, pp 55-64
Background: Limited data exist on infectious diseases imported to various locations in Europe, particularly after travel within the continent. Methods: To investigate travel-related disease relevant to Europe that is potentially preventable through pre-travel intervention, we analyzed the...
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Warne, B.; Weld, L. H.; Cramer, J. P.; Field, V. K.; Grobusch, M. P.; Caumes, E.; Jensenius, M.; Gautret, P.; Schlagenhauf, P.; Castelli, F.; Lalloo, D. G.; Ursing, J.; Chappuis, F.; Sonnenburg, F. von; López-Vélez, R.; Rapp, C.; Smith, K. C.; Parola, P.; Gkrania-Klotsas, E.
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Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2014, 21, 4, pp 248-254
Two regions should be individualized in North African area. In the region of the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya) and Egypt, due to climatic and socioeconomic conditions, the traveler is at risk of acquiring a number of infections common to other geographic areas. However, the...
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Gautret, P.; Mouffok, N.; Parola, P.
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Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK
Citation
Infectious diseases: a geographic guide, 2011, pp 98-110
Background: With increasing international travel and historically high numbers of residents visiting friends and relatives overseas, travel-associated illnesses are frequent in Marseille, France. We report the changing epidemiology of travel-related illnesses over a 12-year period. Methods: A...
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Griffiths, K. M.; Savini, H.; Brouqui, P.; Simon, F.; Parola, P.; Gautret, P.
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Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
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Journal of Travel Medicine, 2018, 25, 1, pp tay007
Background. Older individuals represent a substantial proportion of international travelers. Because of physiological changes and the increased probability of underlying medical conditions, older travelers might be at higher risk for at least some travel-associated diseases. Methods. With the aim...
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Gautret, P.; Gaudart, J.; Leder, K.; Schwartz, E.; Castelli, F.; Lim PohLian; Murphy, H.; Keystone, J.; Cramer, J.; Shaw, M.; Boddaert, J.; Sonnenburg, F. von; Parola, P.
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Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA
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Journal of Travel Medicine, 2012, 19, 3, pp 169-177
The aim of the article was to examine the prevalence and epidemiology of influenza A between 23 July and 18 September 2021, three cases of influenza A/H3N2 were diagnosed at the institute, all in children travelling back from different regions in Ngazidja Island (Grande Comore), for the purpose of...
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Assoumani, L.; Maria, L. C. de; Scola, B. la; Launay, F.; Colson, P.; Gautret, P.
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Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
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Journal of Travel Medicine, 2021, 29, 2,
Data collected by the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network for 1,415 ill travelers returning from Indian Ocean islands during 1997-2010 were analyzed. Malaria (from Comoros and Madagascar), acute nonparasitic diarrhea, and parasitoses were the most frequently diagnosed infectious diseases. An increase...
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Savini, H.; Gautret, P.; Gaudart, J.; Field, V.; Castelli, F.; López-Vélez, R.; Lim PohLian; Shaw, M.; Sonnenburg, F. von; Loutan, L.; Simon, F.
Publisher
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
Citation
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, 19, 8, pp 1297-1301
With the aim to identify at-risk individuals among a cohort of international travellers, 3442 individuals who sought advice at Marseille travel health centre in 2009 were prospectively included. Demographics, travel characteristics, chronic medical conditions, vaccinations and antimalarial...
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Aubry, C.; Gaudart, J.; Gaillard, C.; Delmont, J.; Parola, P.; Brouqui, P.; Gautret, P.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2012, 10, 5/6, pp 247-256
Background: To investigate the genetic diversity of Haemophilus influenzae positive samples among French pilgrims attending the 2018 Hajj pilgrimage. Method: After screening by qPCR, multilocus sequence typing was performed for all H. influenzae-positive samples. The following housekeeping genes...
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Van Thuan Hoang; Thi Loi Dao; Tran Duc Anh Ly; Belhouchat, K.; Chaht, K. L.; Saber Yezli; Badriah Alotaibi; Raoult, D.; Parola, P.; Santi, V. P. de; Fournier, P. E.; Gautret, P.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020, 38,