Characteristics and spectrum of disease among ill returned travelers from pre- and post-earthquake Haiti: The geosentinel experience

dc.catalogadorgrr
dc.contributor.authorEsposito, Douglas H.
dc.contributor.authorHan, Pauline V.
dc.contributor.authorKozarsky, Phyllis E.
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Patricia F.
dc.contributor.authorPatricia F. Walker,
dc.contributor.authorGkrania-Klotsas, Effrossyni
dc.contributor.authorBarnett, Elizabeth D.
dc.contributor.authorLibman, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Anne E.
dc.contributor.authorField, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorConnor, Bradley A.
dc.contributor.authorSchwartz, Eli
dc.contributor.authorMacDonald, Susan
dc.contributor.authorSotir, Mark J.
dc.contributor.authorPerret Pérez. Cecilia
dc.contributor.otherGeoSentinel Surveillance Network
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T23:10:26Z
dc.date.available2024-01-26T23:10:26Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractTo 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.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-01-26
dc.fuente.origenORCID-ene24
dc.identifier.doi10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0430
dc.identifier.issn0002-9637
dc.identifier.pubmedid22232445
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0430
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/80999
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Medicina; Perret Perez Cecilia; 0000-0002-1535-1204; 80387
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido parcial
dc.pagina.final28
dc.pagina.inicio23
dc.revistaAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ddc610
dc.subject.deweyMedicina y saludes_ES
dc.titleCharacteristics and spectrum of disease among ill returned travelers from pre- and post-earthquake Haiti: The geosentinel experience
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen86
sipa.codpersvinculados80387
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2024-01-15
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