Health risks in travelers to South Africa: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Health risks in travelers to South Africa: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. / Mendelson, Marc; Davis Xiaohong, M; Jensenius, Mogens; Keystone Jay, S; von Sonnenburg, Frank; Hale Devon, C; Burchard, Gerd-Dieter; Field, Vanessa; Vincent, Peter; Freedman, David O; Network, GeoSentinel Surveillance.
In: AM J TROP MED HYG, Vol. 82, No. 6, 6, 2010, p. 991-995.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Health risks in travelers to South Africa: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
AU - Mendelson, Marc
AU - Davis Xiaohong, M
AU - Jensenius, Mogens
AU - Keystone Jay, S
AU - von Sonnenburg, Frank
AU - Hale Devon, C
AU - Burchard, Gerd-Dieter
AU - Field, Vanessa
AU - Vincent, Peter
AU - Freedman, David O
AU - Network, GeoSentinel Surveillance
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Using the GeoSentinel database, an analysis of ill patients returning from throughout sub-Saharan Africa over a 13-year period was performed. Systemic febrile illness, dermatologic, and acute diarrheal illness were the most common syndromic groupings, whereas spotted fever group rickettsiosis was the most common individual diagnosis for travelers to South Africa. In contrast to the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, only six cases of malaria were documented in South Africa travelers. Vaccine-preventable diseases, typhoid, hepatitis A, and potential rabies exposures were uncommon in South Africa travelers. Pre-travel advice for the travelers to the 2010 World Cup should be individualized according to these findings.
AB - Using the GeoSentinel database, an analysis of ill patients returning from throughout sub-Saharan Africa over a 13-year period was performed. Systemic febrile illness, dermatologic, and acute diarrheal illness were the most common syndromic groupings, whereas spotted fever group rickettsiosis was the most common individual diagnosis for travelers to South Africa. In contrast to the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, only six cases of malaria were documented in South Africa travelers. Vaccine-preventable diseases, typhoid, hepatitis A, and potential rabies exposures were uncommon in South Africa travelers. Pre-travel advice for the travelers to the 2010 World Cup should be individualized according to these findings.
KW - Adult
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Travel
KW - Female
KW - Middle Aged
KW - numerical data
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Adolescent
KW - Young Adult
KW - South Africa epidemiology
KW - Communicable Diseases epidemiology
KW - Databases, Factual statistics
KW - Sentinel Surveillance
KW - Sports
KW - Tropical Medicine statistics
KW - World Health
KW - Adult
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Travel
KW - Female
KW - Middle Aged
KW - numerical data
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Adolescent
KW - Young Adult
KW - South Africa epidemiology
KW - Communicable Diseases epidemiology
KW - Databases, Factual statistics
KW - Sentinel Surveillance
KW - Sports
KW - Tropical Medicine statistics
KW - World Health
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 82
SP - 991
EP - 995
JO - AM J TROP MED HYG
JF - AM J TROP MED HYG
SN - 0002-9637
IS - 6
M1 - 6
ER -