1. Infectious diseases among travellers and migrants in Europe, Eurotravnet 2010
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Gautret, P, Cramer, Jp, Field, V, Caumes, E, Jensenius, M, Gkrania Klotsas, E, de Vries PJ, Grobusch, Mp, Lopez Velez, R, Castelli, Francesco, Schlagenhauf, P, Hervius Askling, H, von Sonnenburg, F, Lalloo, Dg, Loutan, L, Rapp, C, Basto, F, Santos O’Connor, F, Weld, L, Parola, P, the EuroTravNet Network, Infectious diseases, AII - Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity, APH - Amsterdam Public Health, University of Zurich, and Gautret, P
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Adult ,Diarrhea ,Male ,Gastrointestinal Diseases ,Malaria/epidemiology ,Communicable Diseases/diagnosis/epidemiology/etiology ,610 Medicine & health ,Respiratory Tract Infections/epidemiology ,Communicable Diseases ,Skin Diseases ,Europe/epidemiology ,Dengue ,parasitic diseases ,Humans ,Respiratory Tract Infections ,ddc:613 ,Transients and Migrants ,Travel ,Travel/statistics & numerical data ,Dengue/epidemiology ,10060 Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI) ,2739 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Middle Aged ,Skin Diseases/epidemiology ,Malaria ,Europe ,Diarrhea/epidemiology ,Population Surveillance ,Transients and Migrants/statistics & numerical data ,2406 Virology ,Female ,Gastrointestinal Diseases/epidemiology ,Morbidity ,2713 Epidemiology - 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=361 (6% of all travel-related morbidity) vs. n=254 (4%) and 260 (5%); p