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Characteristics and Spectrum of Disease Among Ill Returned Travelers from Pre- and Post-Earthquake Haiti: The GeoSentinel Experience
- Source :
- The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 86:23-28
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2012.
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Abstract
- To describe patient characteristics and disease spectrum among foreign visitors to Haiti before and after the 2010 earthquake, we used GeoSentinel Global Surveillance Network data and compared 1 year post-earthquake versus 3 years pre-earthquake. Post-earthquake travelers were younger, predominantly from the United States, more frequently international assistance workers, and more often medically counseled before their trip than pre-earthquake travelers. Work-related stress and upper respiratory tract infections were more frequent post-earthquake; acute diarrhea, dengue, and Plasmodium falciparum malaria were important contributors of morbidity both pre- and post-earthquake. These data highlight the importance of providing destination- and disaster-specific pre-travel counseling and post-travel evaluation and medical management to persons traveling to or returning from a disaster location, and evaluations should include attention to the psychological wellbeing of these travelers. For travel to Haiti, focus should be on mosquito-borne illnesses (dengue and P. falciparum malaria) and travelers' diarrhea.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Diarrhea
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Global Health: Special Focus on Haiti
Disease
Dengue fever
Dengue
Young Adult
Virology
parasitic diseases
Earthquakes
medicine
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum
Young adult
Pre and post
Travel
Respiratory tract infections
business.industry
Network data
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Haiti
Infectious Diseases
Family medicine
Immunology
Female
Parasitology
medicine.symptom
business
Sentinel Surveillance
human activities
Malaria
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14761645 and 00029637
- Volume :
- 86
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a5087be97e6bc048c1f7659b9034e30a