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Table 2 Selected syndrome groups according to travel region among 6957 patients seen at EuroTravNet core sites in 2008.

From: Travel and migration associated infectious diseases morbidity in Europe, 2008

 

Total N %

Caribbean

Central America

Europe

Middle East

North Africa

North East Asia

Other

South America

South Central Asia

South East Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

No single region

Febrile/Systemic Illness

1378

23

21

46

16

22

17

9

70

116

160

602

276

 

20%

20%

16%

14%

15%

7%

22%

12%

15%

17%

25%

33%

13%

Acute Diarrhea

1205

27

42

67

33

119

15

6

70

263

131

319

113

 

17%

24%

32%

20%

31%

36%

19%

8%

15%

39%

21%

18%

5%

Chronic Diarrhea

484

9

14

11

10

53

5

4

41

71

57

85

124

 

7%

8%

11%

3%

9%

16%

6%

6%

9%

11%

9%

5%

6%

Gastrointestinal Other

623

8

16

30

12

29

11

6

44

70

44

176

177

 

9%

7%

12%

9%

11%

9%

14%

8%

9%

10%

7%

10%

8%

Dermatologic

851

35

34

62

14

43

9

27

83

72

140

216

116

 

12%

30%

26%

18%

13%

13%

12%

37%

18%

11%

22%

12%

5%

Respiratory

540

8

6

72

10

15

4

8

18

65

65

119

150

 

8%

7%

5%

21%

9%

5%

5%

11%

4%

10%

10%

7%

7%

Tissue Parasites

237

0

0

5

2

10

0

1

96

2

3

85

33

 

3%

0%

0%

2%

2%

3%

0%

1%

20%

0%

1%

5%

2%

GU and STIs

200

6

2

16

2

7

1

0

11

17

23

44

71

 

3%

5%

2%

5%

2%

2%

1%

0%

2%

3%

4%

2%

3%

Psychologic

175

2

0

6

3

14

5

0

7

18

5

52

63

 

3%

2%

0%

2%

3%

4%

6%

0%

2%

3%

1%

3%

3%

Injury/

Musculoskeletal

144

2

1

16

3

9

9

5

10

13

13

24

39

 

2%

2%

1%

5%

3%

3%

12%

7%

2%

2%

2%

1%

2%

Neurologic

98

1

0

13

3

7

1

3

3

8

8

22

29

 

1%

1%

0%

4%

3%

2%

1%

4%

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

Death

3

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

 

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Chronic Disease

319

1

1

17

1

4

4

2

61

9

13

107

99

 

5%

1%

1%

5%

1%

1%

5%

3%

13%

1%

2%

6%

5%

Nonspecific Symptoms

283

4

6

8

2

13

3

3

38

14

19

91

82

 

4%

4%

5%

2%

2%

4%

4%

4%

8%

2%

3%

5%

4%

Other

347

6

11

18

6

17

5

7

27

24

42

107

77

 

5%

5%

8%

5%

6%

5%

6%

9%

6%

4%

7%

6%

4%

Healthy

1056

1

3

3

5

5

1

0

8

9

4

36

981

 

15%

1%

2%

1%

5%

2%

1%

0%

2%

1%

1%

2%

45%

Total

6957

115

133

341

107

330

78

73

470

676

631

1804

2199

 

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%