Filariasis in travelers presenting to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network

EM Lipner; MA Law; E Barnett; JS Keystone; F von Sonnenburg; L Loutan; DR Prevots; AD Klion; TB Nutman; G Brown; J Torresi; G Carosi; F Castelli; L Chen; B Connor; J Delmont; P Parola; C Franco; P Kozarsky; D Freedman; S Gelman; D Hall; A Guruman; J Haulman; E Jong; K Kain; C Licitra; P Pandey; P Schlagenhauf; R Steffen; E Schwartz; M Shaw; M Wilson; M Wittner; A Einstein

Journal article

Filariasis in travelers presenting to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network

EM Lipner, MA Law, E Barnett, JS Keystone, F von Sonnenburg, L Loutan, DR Prevots, AD Klion, TB Nutman, G Brown, J Torresi, G Carosi, F Castelli, L Chen, B Connor, J Delmont, P Parola, C Franco, P Kozarsky, D Freedman Show all

Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases | Published : 2007

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000088

Abstract

Background: As international travel increases, there is rising exposure to many pathogens not traditionally encountered in the resource-rich countries of the world. Filarial infections, a great problem throughout the tropics and subtropics, are relatively rare among travelers even to filaria-endemic regions of the world. The GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, a global network of medicine/travel clinics, was established in 1995 to detect morbidity trends among travelers. Principal Findings: We examined data from the GeoSentinel database to determine demographic and travel characteristics associated with Filaria acquisition and to understand the differences in clinical presentation between none..

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