Travel-associated illness trends and clusters, 2000–2010

• Main Authors: Schwartz, Eli, Schlagenhauf, Patricia, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Castelli, Francesco, Leder, Karin, Barnett, Elizabeth, Torresi, Joseph, Brownstein, John S., Wilson, Mary E., Keystone, Jay S., Sonnenburg, Frank von, Freedman, David O., Cheng, Allen C.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103769; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20353
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Longitudinal data examining travel-associated illness patterns are lacking. To address this need and determine trends and clusters in travel-related illness, we examined data for 2000–2010, prospectively collected for 42,223 ill travelers by 18 GeoSentinel sites. The most common destinations fr...