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Imported Infectious Disease and Purpose of Travel, Switzerland
We evaluated the epidemiologic factors of patients seeking treatment for travel-associated illness from January 2004 through May 2005 at the University Hospital of Zurich. When comparing persons whose purpose of travel was visiting friends and relatives (VFR travelers; n = 121) with tourists and oth...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725840/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17479882 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060847 |
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author | Fenner, Lukas Weber, Rainer Steffen, Robert Schlagenhauf, Patricia |
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description | We evaluated the epidemiologic factors of patients seeking treatment for travel-associated illness from January 2004 through May 2005 at the University Hospital of Zurich. When comparing persons whose purpose of travel was visiting friends and relatives (VFR travelers; n = 121) with tourists and other travelers (n = 217), VFR travelers showed a distinct infectious disease and risk spectrum. VFR travelers were more likely to receive a diagnosis of malaria (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 2.9, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.2–7.3) or viral hepatitis (OR = 3.1, 95% CI 1.1–9) compared with other travelers but were less likely to seek pre-travel advice (20% vs. 67%, p = 0.0001). However, proportionate rates of acute diarrhea were lower in VFR (173 vs. 364 per 1,000 ill returnees). Travel to sub-Saharan Africa contributed most to malaria in VFR travelers. In countries with large migrant populations, improved public health strategies are needed to reach VFR travelers. |
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spelling | pubmed-27258402009-09-10 Imported Infectious Disease and Purpose of Travel, Switzerland Fenner, Lukas Weber, Rainer Steffen, Robert Schlagenhauf, Patricia Emerg Infect Dis Research We evaluated the epidemiologic factors of patients seeking treatment for travel-associated illness from January 2004 through May 2005 at the University Hospital of Zurich. When comparing persons whose purpose of travel was visiting friends and relatives (VFR travelers; n = 121) with tourists and other travelers (n = 217), VFR travelers showed a distinct infectious disease and risk spectrum. VFR travelers were more likely to receive a diagnosis of malaria (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 2.9, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.2–7.3) or viral hepatitis (OR = 3.1, 95% CI 1.1–9) compared with other travelers but were less likely to seek pre-travel advice (20% vs. 67%, p = 0.0001). However, proportionate rates of acute diarrhea were lower in VFR (173 vs. 364 per 1,000 ill returnees). Travel to sub-Saharan Africa contributed most to malaria in VFR travelers. In countries with large migrant populations, improved public health strategies are needed to reach VFR travelers. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2725840/ /pubmed/17479882 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060847 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Fenner, Lukas Weber, Rainer Steffen, Robert Schlagenhauf, Patricia Imported Infectious Disease and Purpose of Travel, Switzerland |
title | Imported Infectious Disease and Purpose of Travel, Switzerland |
title_full | Imported Infectious Disease and Purpose of Travel, Switzerland |
title_fullStr | Imported Infectious Disease and Purpose of Travel, Switzerland |
title_full_unstemmed | Imported Infectious Disease and Purpose of Travel, Switzerland |
title_short | Imported Infectious Disease and Purpose of Travel, Switzerland |
title_sort | imported infectious disease and purpose of travel, switzerland |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725840/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17479882 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.060847 |
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