Regional variation in travel-related illness acquired in Africa, March 1997-May 2011

• Main Authors: Marc Mendelson, Pauline V. Han, Peter Vincent, Frank von Sonnenburg, Jakob P. Cramer, Louis Loutan, Kevin C. Kain, Philippe Parola, Stefan Hagmann, Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, Mark Sotir, Patricia Schlagenhauf, Rahul Anand, Hilmir Ásgeirsson, Elizabeth D. Barnett, Sarah Borwein, Gerd Dieter Burchard, John D. Cahill, Daniel Campion, Francesco Castelli, Eric Caumes, Lin H. Chen, Bradley A. Connor, Christina M. Coyle, Jakob Cramer, Jane Eason, Cécile Ficko, Vanessa Field, David O. Freedman, Abram Goorhuis, Martin P. Grobusch, Alejandra Gurtman, Devon C. Hale, Annemarie Hern, Noreen Hynes, Mogens Jensenius, Robert Kass, Amy D. Klion, Phyllis E. Kozarsky, Karin Leder, Carmelo Licitra, Rogelio López-Vélez, Michael W. Lynch, Alberto Matteelli, Anne McCarthy, George MckInley, Susan McLellan, José Antonio Pérez Molina, Robert Muller, Thomas B. Nutman, Alice Pérignon, Phi Truong Hoang Phu, Watcharapong Piyaphanee, Christophe Rapp, David Roesel, Eli Schwartz, Marc Shaw, Udomsak Silachamroon, William Stauffer, Natsuo Tachikawa, Joseph Torresi, Johan Ursing, Jean Vincelette, Patricia Walker, Andy Wang, Mary E. Wilson, Henry Wu, Yukihiro Yoshimura
• Other Authors: University of Cape Town
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/34883
• Institution: Mahidol University

To understand geographic variation in travel-related illness acquired in distinct African regions, we used the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network database to analyze records for 16,893 ill travelers returning from Africa over a 14-year period. Travelers to northern Africa most commonly reported gastro...