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Multicenter GeoSentinel analysis of rickettsial diseases in international travelers, 1996-2008. / Jensenius, Mogens; Davis, Xiaohong; von Sonnenburg, Frank; Schwartz, Eli; Keystone, Jay S; Leder, Karin; Lopéz-Véléz, Rogelio; Caumes, Eric; Cramer, Jakob; Chen, Lin; Parola, Philippe.

In: EMERG INFECT DIS, Vol. 15, No. 11, 11, 2009, p. 1791-1798.

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Harvard

Jensenius, M, Davis, X, von Sonnenburg, F, Schwartz, E, Keystone, JS, Leder, K, Lopéz-Véléz, R, Caumes, E, Cramer, J, Chen, L & Parola, P 2009, 'Multicenter GeoSentinel analysis of rickettsial diseases in international travelers, 1996-2008.', EMERG INFECT DIS, vol. 15, no. 11, 11, pp. 1791-1798. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090677

APA

Jensenius, M., Davis, X., von Sonnenburg, F., Schwartz, E., Keystone, J. S., Leder, K., Lopéz-Véléz, R., Caumes, E., Cramer, J., Chen, L., & Parola, P. (2009). Multicenter GeoSentinel analysis of rickettsial diseases in international travelers, 1996-2008. EMERG INFECT DIS, 15(11), 1791-1798. [11]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090677

Vancouver

Jensenius M, Davis X, von Sonnenburg F, Schwartz E, Keystone JS, Leder K et al. Multicenter GeoSentinel analysis of rickettsial diseases in international travelers, 1996-2008. EMERG INFECT DIS. 2009;15(11):1791-1798. 11. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1511.090677

Bibtex

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title = "Multicenter GeoSentinel analysis of rickettsial diseases in international travelers, 1996-2008.",
abstract = "We investigated epidemiologic and clinical aspects of rickettsial diseases in 280 international travelers reported to the GeoSentinel surveillance Network during 1996-2008. Of these 280 travelers, 231 (82.5%) had spotted fever (SFG) rickettsiosis, 16 (5.7%) scrub typhus, 11 (3.9%) Q fever, 10 (3.6%) typhus group (TG) rickettsiosis, 7 (2.5%) bartonellosis, 4 (1.4%) indeterminable SFG/TG rickettsiosis, and 1 (0.4%) human granulocytic anaplasmosis. One hundred ninety-seven (87.6%) SFG rickettsiosis cases were acquired in sub-Saharan Africa and were associated with higher age, male gender, travel to southern Africa, late summer season travel, and travel for tourism. More than 90% of patients with rickettsial disease were treated with doxycycline, 43 (15.4%) were hospitalized, and 4 had a complicated course, including 1 fatal case of scrub typhus encephalitis acquired in Thailand.",
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author = "Mogens Jensenius and Xiaohong Davis and {von Sonnenburg}, Frank and Eli Schwartz and Keystone, {Jay S} and Karin Leder and Rogelio Lop{\'e}z-V{\'e}l{\'e}z and Eric Caumes and Jakob Cramer and Lin Chen and Philippe Parola",
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AU - Keystone, Jay S

AU - Leder, Karin

AU - Lopéz-Véléz, Rogelio

AU - Caumes, Eric

AU - Cramer, Jakob

AU - Chen, Lin

AU - Parola, Philippe

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AB - We investigated epidemiologic and clinical aspects of rickettsial diseases in 280 international travelers reported to the GeoSentinel surveillance Network during 1996-2008. Of these 280 travelers, 231 (82.5%) had spotted fever (SFG) rickettsiosis, 16 (5.7%) scrub typhus, 11 (3.9%) Q fever, 10 (3.6%) typhus group (TG) rickettsiosis, 7 (2.5%) bartonellosis, 4 (1.4%) indeterminable SFG/TG rickettsiosis, and 1 (0.4%) human granulocytic anaplasmosis. One hundred ninety-seven (87.6%) SFG rickettsiosis cases were acquired in sub-Saharan Africa and were associated with higher age, male gender, travel to southern Africa, late summer season travel, and travel for tourism. More than 90% of patients with rickettsial disease were treated with doxycycline, 43 (15.4%) were hospitalized, and 4 had a complicated course, including 1 fatal case of scrub typhus encephalitis acquired in Thailand.

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KW - Internationality

KW - Communicable Diseases, Emerging diagnosis

KW - Rickettsia Infections diagnosis

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KW - Male

KW - Travel

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KW - Female

KW - Middle Aged

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KW - Young Adult

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