Table 1.
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).