Table 1.
Brazil travelers n (%) | |
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Male | 284 (47) |
Mean age in years (IQR) | 33 (23–52) |
Country of origin Brazil | 45 (8) |
Mean duration in days (IQR) | 15 (10–28) |
Trip duration | |
<2weeks | 268 (45) |
2–4weeks | 189 (32) |
1–4 months | 89 (15) |
4+ months | 36 (6) |
Comorbidities | |
Immunocompromised | 19 (3) |
Pregnant | 1 (0.2) |
Medical comorbidity | 74 (12) |
Accommodation | |
Hotel or hostel | 354 (59) |
Home/local residence | 186 (31) |
Tent | 22 (4) |
Purpose for travel | |
Tourism | 307 (51) |
Visiting friends and relatives | 127 (21) |
Business | 86 (14) |
Education/research | 38 (6) |
Missionary/volunteer | 17 (3) |
Key interventions * | |
Travelers’ diarrhea—total prescriptions | 509/596 (85) |
Ciprofloxacin | 408/596 (69) |
Azithromycin | 87/596 (15) |
Levofloxacin | 13/499 (3) |
Rifaximin | 1/437 (0.2) |
Malaria—total chemoprophylaxis | 232/595 (39) |
Atovaquone/proguanil | 189/595 (32) |
Mefloquine | 22/595 (4) |
Chloroquine | 15/595 (3)† |
Doxycycline | 6/595 (1) |
Primaquine | 0/437 |
Vaccinations | |
Influenza at travel clinic visit | 84/582 (14) |
Past vaccination‡ | 172/298 (58)‡ |
Hepatitis A at travel clinic visit | 293/583 (50) |
Past vaccination | 125/320 (39) |
Hepatitis B at travel clinic visit | 62/582 (11) |
Past vaccination | 158/332 (48) |
Rabies at travel clinic visit | 16/582 (3) |
Past vaccination | 14/266 (5) |
Typhoid at travel clinic visit | 337/583 (58) |
Past vaccination | 157/379 (41) |
Yellow fever at travel clinic visit | 415/583 (71) |
Past vaccination | 157/366 (43) |
Not all respondents answered each question regarding key interventions, therefore denominators are shown for clarification.
The Brazil travelers given chloroquine were also traveling to other Latin American countries where chloroquine was appropriate chemoprophylaxis.
May include past season vaccine, thus may not be specific for the current season.