title: [Diseases observed after return from travels outside Europe. 109 cases].
abstract: We report a prospective study of travel-associated illnesses observed after their return in 109 French travellers, including 86 tourists. Sixty-three were returning from Africa and 84 percent had been abroad for less than 4 weeks. The percentages of travellers immunized against tetanus, poliomyelitis and typhoid fever were 70, 63 and 36 percent respectively. Malaria prophylaxis was well adjusted to current recommendations in only 19 patients; for 9 patients it was a routine visit. One hundred patients reported 105 diseases. The diagnosis was undetermined in 31 patients, including 19 with diarrhoea and 8 with fever, and it was determined in 74 patients who were found to have malaria (14), cutaneous myiasis (12) or bacterial skin infections (12).
authors.affiliation: Département des Maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caumes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Belanger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brucker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Danis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gentilini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D000368:Aged; D000569:Americas; D000818:Animals; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D002648:Child; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009198:Myiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014195:Travel; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines
vernacular_title: Pathologie observée au retour de voyages en dehors de l'Europe. 109 observations.