Travel-associated Diseases, Indian Ocean Islands, 1997–2010

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 i...

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Autores principales: Savini, Hélène, Gautret, Philippe, Gaudart, Jean, Field, Vanessa, Castelli, Francesco, López-Vélez, Rogelio, Lim, Poh Lian, Shaw, Marc, von Sonnenburg, Frank, Loutan, Louis, Simon, Fabrice
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3739505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23876977
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1908.121739
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Sumario: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 in arboviral diseases reflected the 2005 outbreak of chikungunya fever.

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