| Characteristics and Spectrum of Disease Among Ill Returned Travelers from Pre- and Post-Earthquake Haiti: The GeoSentinel Experience. | |
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PMID: 22232445 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Abstract. To describe patient characteristics and disease spectrum among foreign visitors to Haiti before and after the 2010 earthquake, we used GeoSentinel Global Surveillance Network data and compared 1 year post-earthquake versus 3 years pre-earthquake. Post-earthquake travelers were younger, predominantly from the United States, more frequently international assistance workers, and more often medically counseled before their trip than pre-earthquake travelers. Work-related stress and upper respiratory tract infections were more frequent post-earthquake; acute diarrhea, dengue, and Plasmodium falciparum malaria were important contributors of morbidity both pre- and post-earthquake. These data highlight the importance of providing destination- and disaster-specific pre-travel counseling and post-travel evaluation and medical management to persons traveling to or returning from a disaster location, and evaluations should include attention to the psychological wellbeing of these travelers. For travel to Haiti, focus should be on mosquito-borne illnesses (dengue and P. falciparum malaria) and travelers' diarrhea. |
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Douglas H Esposito; Pauline V Han; Phyllis E Kozarsky; Patricia F Walker; Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas; Elizabeth D Barnett; Michael Libman; Anne E McCarthy; Vanessa Field; Bradley A Connor; Eli Schwartz; Susan Macdonald; Mark J Sotir; |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Volume: 86 ISSN: 1476-1645 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-1-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370507 Medline TA: Am J Trop Med Hyg Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 23-28 Citation Subset: - |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Atlanta, Georgia; Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Atlanta, Georgia; HealthPartners Travel Medicine Clinics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota; Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Boston Medical Center, Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Boston, Massachusetts; McGill University, J. D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases, Montreal, Canada; Ottawa Hospital General Campus, Division of Infectious Diseases, Ottawa, Canada; InterHealth, London, United Kingdom; Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York; Center for Geographic Medicine, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; University Hospital of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada. |
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