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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Travel Med. 2024 Oct 19;31(7):taae089. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae089

Table 1.

Epidemiological, demographic, and travel characteristics in international travelers with dengue, GeoSentinel Network, January 1, 2007-May 31, 2022

Characteristic N n (%)
Dengue cases 5,958
 - Uncomplicated 5,863 (98.4)
 - Complicated 95 (1.6)
Female 5,950 3,007 (50.5)
Age, years
Median 33 (range 0–91)
5,931
<18 243 (4.1)
18–24 986 (16.6)
25–49 3,518 (59.3)
≥50 1,184 (20.0)
Days from illness onset to GeoSentinel visit
Median 7 (IQR: 4–15)
3,524
Duration of Travel, days *
Median 21 (IQR: 15–32)
4,035
Clinical setting 5,950
 - Seen after travel 5,276 (88.7)
 - Seen during travel 674 (11.3)
Region of exposure ** 5,851
 - South East Asia 2,946 (50.4)
 - South Central Asia 872 (14.9)
 - Caribbean 635 (10.9)
 - South America 538 (9.2)
 - Sub-Saharan Africa 389 (6.7)
 - Central America 337 (5.8)
 - Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand) 91 (1.6)
 - North East Asia 19 (0.3)
 - Other *** 24 (0.4)
Reason for travel 5,958
 - Tourism 4,009 (67.3)
 - Visiting Friends or Relatives 725 (12.2)
 - Business 656 (11.0)
 - Missionary/Volunteer/Researcher/Aid Work 336 (5.6)
 - Education/Study Abroad 101 (1.7)
 - Migration 99 (1.7)
 - Other**** 32 (0.5)
Pretravel visit 5,802
 - Yes 2,087 (36.0)
 - No 2,370 (40.8)
 - Don’t Know/Unknown/Not Applicable 1,345 (23.2)
*

Those who went to one destination only.

IQR= interquartile range

**

Region of exposure was not ascertainable for 44 and missing for 63.

***

Western Europe (n=8); Middle East (n=5); North Africa (n=5); North America (n=3); Australia/New Zealand (n=2); French territories of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean (n=1).

****

Military (n=14); Not ascertainable (n=12); Planned medical care (n=6).