Demographics, health and travel characteristics of international travellers at a pre-travel clinic in Marseille, France

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作者
Aubry, Camille [1 ]
Gaudart, Jean [2 ]
Gaillard, Catherine [1 ]
Delmont, Jean [1 ]
Parola, Philippe [1 ]
Brouqui, Philippe [1 ]
Gautret, Philippe [1 ]
机构
[1] Hop Nord Marseille, AP HM, Univ Hosp Inst Infect & Trop Dis, F-13015 Marseille, France
[2] Aix Marseille Univ, Fac Med, LERTIM, Marseille, France
关键词
Travellers; Demographics; Chronic conditions; Vaccination; Antimalarials; INFECTIOUS-DISEASES; UNITED-STATES; SURVEILLANCE; ILLNESS; CHILDREN; MALARIA; VACCINATIONS; PILGRIMS; EUROPE; HAJJ;
D O I
10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.09.004
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
With the aim to identify at-risk individuals among a cohort of international travellers, 3442 individuals who sought advice at Marseille travel health centre in 2009 were prospectively included. Demographics, travel characteristics, chronic medical conditions, vaccinations and antimalarial chemoprophylaxis were documented. Chronic medical conditions were reported by 11% of individuals, including hypertension (39%), asthma (20%), thyroid disease (15%) and depression (13%). 4% reported taking a daily medication, and psychotropic and cardiovascular medications were the most commonly used. Older travellers (>= 60 years) accounted for 10% of the travellers and the prevalence of chronic medical conditions was 27% in this group. Individuals aged 15 years or less accounted for 13% of the travellers. Age, last minute travel (17%) and neurological and psychiatric diseases were the most frequent factors that influenced Yellow fever vaccination and malaria chemoprophylaxis, with more than one tenth of the travellers reporting at least one risk factor for which adjusted advice may be necessary. Migrants visiting their relatives in their origin country accounted for 14% of travellers and 73% of this group travelled with their family including young children. We demonstrate that a significant proportion of travellers are at-risk (43%) because of their travel conditions (VFR), their age, or their health status, and should be targeted for risk reduction strategies. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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