title: Epidemiology and burden of hepatitis A, malaria, and typhoid in New York City associated with travel: implications for public health policy.
abstract: We examined New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene surveillance data on hepatitis A, malaria, and typhoid to determine the proportion of these diseases related to travel and their geographic distribution. We found that 61% of hepatitis A cases, 100% of malaria cases, and 78% of typhoid cases were travel related and that cases clustered in specific populations and neighborhoods at which public health interventions could be targeted. High-risk groups include Hispanics (for hepatitis A), West Africans living in the Bronx (for malaria), and South Asians (for typhoid).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adamson
authors.forename: Vasudha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Lucretia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antwi
authors.forename: Brooke
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bregman
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Harold W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Horowitz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D014195:Travel; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
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