Infectious diseases among travellers and migrants in Europe, EuroTravNet 2010

Gautret, P., Cramer, J.P., Field, V., Caumes, E., Jensenius, M., Gkrania-Klotsas, E., de Vries, P.J., Grobusch, M.P., Lopez-Velez, R., Castelli, F., Schlagenhauf, P., Hervius Askling, H., von Sonnenburg, F., Lalloo, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7680-2200, Loutan, L., Rapp, C., Basto, F., Santos O'Connor, F., Weld, L. and Parola, P. (2012) 'Infectious diseases among travellers and migrants in Europe, EuroTravNet 2010'. Eurosurveillance, Vol 17, Issue 26, e20205.

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Abstract

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 reported Plasmodium falciparum malaria (n=393 (6% of all travel-related morbidity) vs. n=267 (4%) and 296 (5%); p<0.001), P. vivax malaria (n=53 (1%) vs. n=31 (0.5%) and 39 (1%); p=0.038) and dengue fever (n=327 (5%) vs. n=131 (2%) and 172 (2%); p<0.001) was observed. Giardia lamblia was identified in 16% of patients with acute diarrhoea, with no significant annual variation. The proportion of acute diarrhoea due to Campylobacter increased from 7% in 2008 to 12% in 2010 (p=0.002). We recorded 121 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in 2010, a three-fold increase in the proportionate morbidity from 2008 to 2010. In 2010, 60 (0.8%) cases of chronic Chagas disease, 151 (2%) cases of schistosomiasis and 112 (2%) cases of cutaneous larva migrans were reported. Illness patterns in sentinel travellers, captured by EuroTravnet, continue to highlight the potential role of travellers in the emergence of infectious diseases of public health concern in Europe and the relevance of offering medical travel advice and enforcing specific and adequate prophylaxis.

Item Type:	Article
Corporate Authors:	EuroTravNet Network
Subjects:	WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 110 Prevention and control of communicable diseases. Transmission of infectious diseases WC Communicable Diseases > WC 20 Research (General) WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 680 Tropical diseases (General) WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 695 Parasitic diseases (General)
Depositing User:	Lynn Roberts-Maloney
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2015 10:19
Last Modified:	27 Nov 2024 15:09
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/4736

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