Table. Regional risk for dengue fever in German travelers, 2002.
Region | Country or area | No. of travelers flying in from Germany | Mentions of destination(s) among dengue patients | Incidence (cases/100,000 air travelers from Germany) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Southeast Asia |
Thailand |
347,569 |
97 |
27.9 |
South America |
Brazil |
162,264 |
37 |
22.8 |
South America |
Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonair |
61,739 |
13 |
21.1 |
Central America |
Lesser Antilles Islandsa |
20,989 |
4 |
19.1 |
Central America |
Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama |
24,564 |
4 |
16.3 |
Southeast Asia |
Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia (Indochina) |
65,963 |
10 |
15.2 |
Southeast Asia |
Indonesia |
88,053 |
13 |
14.8 |
Africa |
Ghana |
22,900 |
3 |
13.1 |
South Asia |
India, Sri Lanka |
220,169 |
18 |
8.2 |
South America |
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia |
43,928 |
3 |
6.8 |
Southeast Asia |
Philippines |
54,231 |
3 |
5.5 |
Southeast Asia |
Malaysia |
43,698 |
2 |
4.6 |
Central America |
Greater Antilles Islandsb |
429,614 |
9 |
2.1 |
Asia |
Asia, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Singapore |
No data available |
7 |
– |
Australia and Pacific Islands |
Australia, Pacific Islands |
No data available |
6 |
– |
Africa |
Africa, Cape Verde Islands, Congo |
No data available |
3 |
– |
Central America |
Mexico |
No data available |
1 |
– |
Total: 233c |
aLesser Antilles: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Grenadines. bGreater Antilles: Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba. cA total of 233 destinations were mentioned by 225 patients (6 mentioned 2 destinations, l mentioned 3); 5 patients did not provide information about predisease travel, and l case arose in Germany.