A global study of pathogens and host risk factors associated with infectious gastrointestinal disease in returned international travellers

A Swaminathan; J Torresi; P Schlagenhauf; K Thursky; A Wilder-Smith; BA Connor; E Schwartz; F vonSonnenberg; J Keystone; DP O'Brien

Journal article

A global study of pathogens and host risk factors associated with infectious gastrointestinal disease in returned international travellers

A Swaminathan, J Torresi, P Schlagenhauf, K Thursky, A Wilder-Smith, BA Connor, E Schwartz, F vonSonnenberg, J Keystone, DP O'Brien

Journal of Infection | W B SAUNDERS CO LTD | Published : 2009

DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.05.008

Abstract

Objectives: Infectious gastrointestinal disease (IGD) is a significant cause of morbidity in returned international travellers. This study aims to elucidate host and travel characteristics associated with IGD presentation, and describe the broad spectrum of aetiological pathogens responsible by geographic region of acquisition and reason for travel. Methods: We analyzed demographic, clinical and microbiological data recorded for ill, returned international travellers presenting to GeoSentinel Surveillance Network sites globally during the period September 1996-December 2005. Results: A total of 25,867 returned travellers were analyzed, of whom 7442 (29%) patients had a total of 8273 IGD diag..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Joseph Torresi Author

Kas Thursky Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

GeoSentinet, the Global Surveillance Network of the International Society of Travel Medicine, is supported by Cooperative Agreement U50/0000359 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.