Abstract
International travel is becoming increasingly popular. Information on epidemiology of specific post-travel illnesses provides guidance for pretravel intervention strategies as well as differential diagnoses in ill returned travelers. Lack of surveillance data for imported infectious diseases prompted the establishment of large-scale travel-related sentinel surveillance networks. Various approaches to risk characterization in travel medicine research provide a wide spectrum of data, but also have considerable limitations. The chapter summarizes results of available systematic studies investigating the epidemiology of post-travel illness in ill returned in- and outpatients, including data on these large-scale surveillance systems. In addition, available methods and limitations of post-travel research are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Tropical Diseases in Travelers |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Pages | 13-26 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781405184410 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Jan 2010 |
Keywords
- Epidemiology
- Gender
- Hospitalization
- Outpatient
- Post-travel illness
- Travel medicine