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
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Journal of Travel Medicine, 2014, 21, 4, pp 248-254
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...
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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.
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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...
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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 this study was to investigate travel-associated morbidity in European travellers in 2009 in comparison with 2008, with a particular emphasis on emerging infectious diseases with the potential for introduction into Europe. Diagnoses with demographic, clinical and travel-related predictors ...
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Odolini, S.; Parola, P.; Gkrania-Klotsas, E.; Caumes, E.; Schlagenhauf, P.; López-Vélez, R.; Burchard, G. D.; Santos-O'Connor, F.; Weld, L.; Sonnenburg, F. von; Field, V.; Vries, P. de; Jensenius, M.; Loutan, L.; Castelli, F.
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Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK
Citation
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2012, 18, 5, pp 468-474
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.
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National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
Citation
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, 19, 8, pp 1297-1301
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...
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Mendelson, M.; Davis, X. M.; Jensenius, M.; Keystone, J. S.; Sonnenburg, F. von; Hale, D. C.; Burchard, G. D.; Field, V.; Vincent, P.; Freedman, D. O.
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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Deerfield, USA
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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010, 82, 6, pp 991-995
Background: Thrombocytopenia is a frequent finding among ill returned travellers and may be caused by a large number of different conditions, including infectious diseases specific or typical for tropical and subtropical regions. In order to assess the diagnostic significance of thrombocytopenia we ...
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Herbinger, K. H.; Schunk, M.; Nothdurft, H. D.; Sonnenburg, F. von; Löscher, T.; Bretzel, G.
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Springer Medizin Urban & Vogel GmbH, Munich, Germany
Citation
Infection, 2012, 40, 4, pp 373-379
To investigate trends in travel-associated morbidity with particular emphasis on emerging infections with the potential for introduction into Europe, diagnoses of 7,408 returning travellers presenting to 16 EuroTravNet sites in 2010 were compared with 2008 and 2009. A significant increase in...
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Gautret, P.; Cramer, J. P.; Field, V.; Caumes, E.; Jensenius, M.; Gkrania-Klotsas, E.; Vries, P. J. de; Grobusch, M. P.; Lopez-Velez, R.; Castelli, F.; Schlagenhauf, P.; Askling, H. H.; Sonnenburg, F. von; Lalloo, D. G.; Loutan, L.; Rapp, C.; Basto, F.; O'Connor, F. S.; Weld, L.; Parola, P.
Publisher
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
Citation
Eurosurveillance, 2012, 17, 26, pp 16-26