Table 2. Deaths of ill travelers returning from Africa who were seen at GeoSentinel clinic sites, March 1997–May 2011*.

Patient no.	Age, y/sex	Diagnosis	Region	Exposure country	Travel reason	Expatriate
1	66/M	Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum. Severe and complicated, noncerebral	Western	Burkina Faso	Business	No
2	68/M	Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral	Eastern	Kenya	Tourism	No
3	50/M	Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral	Western	Ghana	Business	Yes
4	61/M	Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral	Western	Sierra Leone	Business	No
5	4/M	Pneumonia, bacterial, lobar	Eastern	Tanzania,	Accompanying parent on business	No
6	48/M	Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral	Western	Ghana	VFR	No
7	47/M	Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pulmonary and extrapulmonary	Western	Unknown	VFR	No
8	57/M	Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral	Western	Liberia	Missionary/volunteer/ researcher/aid worker	No
9	30/F	Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral	Central	Equatorial Guinea	Business	Yes
10	53/M	Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, noncerebral	Central	Angola	Business	No
11	40/M	Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral	Central	Angola	Business	No
*Three patients with malaria who died did not receive chemoprophylaxis, 1 received mefloquine, and data were missing for the remaining 5 travelers. The United Nations geoscheme was used to classify Africa into subregions (5). VFR, visiting friends or relatives.