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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Travel Med. 2014 Mar 28;21(3):214–217. doi: 10.1111/jtm.12117

Table 1.

Demographics and key interventions of travelers to Brazil (N = 599)

Brazil travelers n (%)
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.