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: This Dutch travel Vaccination Study (DiVeST) aimed to study adherence or compliance to Dutch travel health guidelines in travelling families and to identify risk groups to provide better advice and protection for international travellers. Methods: Between 2016 and 2018, family members...
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Doornekamp, L.; Geurtsvankessel, C.; Slobbe, L.; Marvelde, M. R. te; Scherbeijn, S. M. J.; Genderen, P. J. J. van; Gorp, E. C. M. van; Goeijenbier, M.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019, 32, pp 101511
Background: Older persons may suffer more from travel-related health problems because of ageing and underlying chronic disorders. Knowledge on who is more likely to have these health problems helps to tailor travel health advice more specifically. This study aimed to determine predictors of...
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Vlot, J. A.; Vive, M. G. D.; Brockhoff, H. J.; Genderen, P. J. J. van; Trompenaars, M. C. E.; Steenbergen, J. E. van; Visser, L. G.
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Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
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Journal of Travel Medicine, 2021, 28, 1,
Background: The number of US students studying abroad more than tripled during the past 20 years. As study abroad programmes' destinations diversify, students increasingly travel to resource-limited countries, placing them at risk for infectious diseases. Data describing infections acquired by US...
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Angelo, K. M.; Haulman, N. J.; Terry, A. C.; Leung, D. T.; Chen, L. H.; Barnett, E. D.; Hagmann, S. H. F.; Hynes, N. A.; Connor, B. A.; Anderson, S.; McCarthy, A.; Shaw, M.; Genderen, P. J. J. van; Hamer, D. H.
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Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
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Journal of Travel Medicine, 2018, 25, 1, pp tay074
Asplenic or hyposplenic patients are at an increased risk of encapsulated bacterial and intraerythrocytic parasitic infections, which are endemic at many travel destinations. With proper travel health advice and preparation splenectomised individuals could have comparable travel-related morbidity ...
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Boeddha, C.; Graaf, W. de; Overbosch, D.; Genderen, P. J. J. van
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2012, 10, 4, pp 197-200
Background Since 2016 outbreaks of yellow fever are reported in Brazil. This is a risk to unvaccinated travellers in that area. Case description In early January, an unvaccinated traveller returning from São Paulo attended our outpatient clinic complaining of symptoms later diagnosed as yellow...
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Vermeij, A.; Slobbe, L.; Geurtsvankessel, C. H.; Nood, E. van; Reusken, C. B. E. M.; Genderen, P. J. J. van
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Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum, Houten, Netherlands
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Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 2018, 162, 41, pp D2737
Background: Previous studies investigating the travellers' knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) profile indicated an important educational need among those travelling to risk destinations. Methods: In the years 2002-2009 an annually repeated cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was...
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Genderen, P. J. J. van; Thiel, P. P. A. M. van; Mulder, P. G. H.; Overbosch, D.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2014, 12, 2, pp 149-158
Background. Previous studies investigating the travelers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) profile indicated an important educational need among those traveling to risk destinations. Initiatives to improve such education should target all groups of travelers, including business travelers,...
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Genderen, P. J. J. van; Thiel, P. P. A. M. van; Mulder, P. G. H.; Overbosch, D.
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Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA
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Journal of Travel Medicine, 2012, 19, 1, pp 35-43
This article briefly describes the 10 travel-related cases of yellow fever (including 4 deaths) that have been reported in international travellers returning from Brazil since January 2018. None of the 10 travellers had received yellow fever vaccination. Five of the 10 cases were reported by ProMED ...
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Hamer, D. H.; Angelo, K.; Caumes, E.; Genderen, P. J. J. van; Florescu, S. A.; Popescu, C. P.; Perret, C.; McBride, A.; Checkley, A.; Ryan, J.; Cetron, M.; Schlagenhauf, P.
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Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta , USA
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2018, 67, 11, pp 340-341
Background: Travelers to international mass gatherings may be exposed to conditions which increase their risk of acquiring infectious diseases. Most existing data come from single clinical sites seeing returning travelers, or relate to single events. Methods: Investigators evaluated ill travelers...
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Gautret, P.; Angelo, K. M.; Asgeirsson, H.; Duvignaud, A.; Genderen, P. J. J. van; Bottieau, E.; Chen, L. H.; Parker, S.; Connor, B. A.; Barnett, E. D.; Libman, M.; Hamer, D. H.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019, 32, pp 101504