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Characteristics and spectrum of disease among ill returned travelers from pre- and post-earthquake Haiti: The GeoSentinel experience.
Esposito, Douglas H; Han, Pauline V; Kozarsky, Phyllis E; Walker, Patricia F; Gkrania-Klotsas, Effrossyni; Barnett, Elizabeth D; Libman, Michael; McCarthy, Anne E; Field, Vanessa; Connor, Bradley A; Schwartz, Eli; MacDonald, Susan; Sotir, Mark J.
Afiliação
  • Esposito DH; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. desposito@cdc.gov
Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 86(1): 23-8, 2012 Jan.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22232445
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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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Viagem / Malária Falciparum / Vigilância de Evento Sentinela / Dengue / Diarreia / Terremotos Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Caribe / Haiti Idioma: En Revista: Am J Trop Med Hyg Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Viagem / Malária Falciparum / Vigilância de Evento Sentinela / Dengue / Diarreia / Terremotos Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Caribe / Haiti Idioma: En Revista: Am J Trop Med Hyg Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos País de publicação: Estados Unidos