Table 4.
Cases of malaria among 3943 ill returned travellers with a travel-related diagnosis, by purpose of travel
| Reason for travel | Total no. of cases | Type of malaria; no. of cases | Top 2 countries of exposure | Obtained pretravel advice | Received prophylaxis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. falciparum | Severe or cerebral malaria | P. vivax | P. ovale | P. malariae or unknown species | |||||
| All (n = 3943) | 94 | 56 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 8 | See Table 3 | 35 | 14 |
| Tourism (n = 1805) | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Honduras Uganda Burkina Faso* |
5 | 4 |
| Immigration (n = 828) | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Liberia India |
NA | 1 |
| Visit friends and relatives (n = 444) | 34 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | India Cameroon |
6 | 6 |
| Missionary, volunteer, researcher, aid (n = 416) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ghana Burkina Faso |
7 | 1 |
| Business (n = 320) | 22 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Ghana Guinea |
15 | 3 |
| Other † (n = 130) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | India Burkina Faso Mali * |
2 | 0 |
NA = not applicable, P. = Plasmodium.
*
Two-way tie for second place.
†
Includes students (n = 103), military personnel (n = 24) and medical tourists (n = 3).