Longitudinal data examining travel-associated illness patterns are lacking. To address this need and determine trends and clusters in travel-related illness, we examined data for 2000-2010, prospectively collected for 42,223 ill travelers by 18 GeoSentinel sites. The most common destinations from...
Author(s)
Leder, K.; Torresi, J.; Brownstein, J. S.; Wilson, M. E.; Keystone, J. S.; Barnett, E.; Schwartz, E.; Schlagenhauf, P.; Wilder-Smith, A.; Castelli, F.; Sonnenburg, F. von; Freedman, D. O.; Cheng, A. C.
Publisher
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
Citation
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, 19, 7, pp 1049-1057
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...
Author(s)
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.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2012, 19, 3, pp 169-177
Author(s)
Freedman, D. O.; Schwartz, E.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK
Citation
Tropical diseases in travelers, 2010, pp 27-34
Although the costs of dengue illness to patients and households have been extensively studied in endemic populations, international travelers have not been the focus of costing studies. As globalization and human travel activities intensify, travelers are increasingly at risk for emerging and...
Author(s)
Tozan, Y.; Headley, T. Y.; Sewe, M. O.; Schwartz, E.; Shemesh, T.; Cramer, J. P.; Eberhardt, K. A.; Ramharter, M.; Harrison, N.; Leder, K.; Angheben, A.; Hatz, C.; Neumayr, A.; Chen LinHwei; Pijper, C. A. de; Grobusch, M. P.; Wilder-Smith, A.
Publisher
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Deerfield, USA
Citation
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019, 100, 6, pp 1525-1533
Background: Analysis of a large cohort of business travelers will help clinicians focus on frequent and serious illnesses. We aimed to describe travel-related health problems in business travelers. Method. GeoSentinel Surveillance Network consists of 64 travel and tropical medicine clinics in 29...
Author(s)
Chen, L. H.; Leder, K.; Barbre, K. A.; Schlagenhauf, P.; Libman, M.; Keystone, J.; Mendelson, M.; Gautret, P.; Schwartz, E.; Shaw, M.; MacDonald, S.; McCarthy, A.; Connor, B. A.; Esposito, D. H.; Hamer, D.; Wilson, M. E.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2018, 25, 1, pp tax097
Background. No systematic studies exist on sex and gender differences across a broad range of travel-associated diseases. Methods. Travel and tropical medicine GeoSentinel clinics worldwide contributed prospective, standardized data on 58,908 patients with travel-associated illness to a central...
Author(s)
Schlagenhauf, P.; Chen, L. H.; Wilson, M. E.; Freedman, D. O.; Tcheng, D.; Schwartz, E.; Pandey, P.; Weber, R.; Nadal, D.; Berger, C.; Sonnenburg, F. von; Keystone, J.; Leder, K.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA
Citation
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2010, 50, 6, pp 826-832
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK
Citation
Tropical diseases in travelers, 2010, pp 82-91
Background: Dengue virus (DENV) is a frequent travel-related infection, but longitudinal data on its incidence is limited. We aimed to study temporal trends of travel-related DENV burden and its geographical sources. Methods: All cases of laboratory-confirmed DENV infection diagnosed at the Central ...
Author(s)
Meltzer, E.; Avrami, S.; Lustig, Y.; Schwartz, E.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022, 48,
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK
Citation
Tropical diseases in travelers, 2010, pp 5-12
In summary, the opinions expressed in this article represent those of select travel medicine practitioners from the Asia-Pacific region. While these views are not necessarily representative of others from the countries included nor of the entire region, they nevertheless highlight the range of...
Author(s)
Leder, K.; Borwein, S.; Chanthavanich, P.; Santanu Chatterjee; Kaythi Htun; Marma, A. S. P.; Nakatani, I.; Ok JinJu; Pakasi, L.; Prativa Pandey; Piyaphanee, W.; Priscilla Rupali; Schwartz, E.; Shinozuka, T.; Phi Truong Hoang Phu; Watanabe, H.; Visser, J.; Wilder-Smith, A.; Zhang Min; McGuinness, S. L.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2017, 24, 4, pp tax012