Table 4.
Demographic and Travel Characteristics of 28 Recorded Deaths Among Travelers
| Age, y | Sex | Traveler Type | Diagnosis | Region (Country) | Pretravel Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Male | Visiting friends/relatives | Plasmodium falciparum | Sub-Saharan Africa (Ghana) | No |
| 66 | Male | Business | Plasmodium falciparum | Sub-Saharan Africa (Burkina Faso) | No |
| 57 | Male | Missionary or volunteer | Plasmodium falciparum | Sub-Saharan Africa (Liberia) | Unknown |
| 49 | Male | Tourism | Plasmodium falciparum, acute renal failure | Southeast Asia (Indonesia) | No |
| 30 | Female | Business | Plasmodium falciparum | Sub-Saharan Africa (Equatorial Guinea) | Yes |
| 30 | Male | Business | Plasmodium falciparum | Unknown | Yes |
| 53 | Female | Tourism | Dengue | Southeast Asia (Thailand) | No |
| 24 | Female | Business | Dengue, Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi | Southeast Asia (Indonesia) | No |
| 42 | Male | Tourism | Dengue, Orientia tsutsugamushi, AIDS, CMV | Southeast Asia (Thailand) | Yes |
| 59 | Female | Visiting friends/relatives | Strongyloides hyperinfection, HTLV-1 or HTLV-2, bacterial meningitis | Caribbean (Haiti) | Unknown |
| 57 | Male | Business | Melioidosis | Southeast Asia (Thailand) | Yes |
| 35 | Male | Tourism | Melioidosis | Caribbean (Martinique) | Unknown |
| 34 | Female | Tourism | Sepsis, Clostridium difficile diarrhea | Caribbean (Cuba) | Unknown |
| 55 | Male | Tourism | Acute Salmonella diarrhea, sepsis | Caribbean (Puerto Rico) | Unknown |
| 26 | Female | Student | Influenza A, myocarditis | Northeast Asia (Taiwan) | Unknown |
| 84 | Female | Tourism | Lobar pneumonia, ARDS, sepsis | Western Europe (Spain) | No |
| 82 | Male | Business | Lobar pneumonia | South-Central Asia (India) | No |
| 86 | Male | Tourism | Lobar pneumonia, COPD, Parkinson disease | Western Europe (Spain) | Unknown |
| 53 | Male | Business | Atypical pneumonia, AIDS | Southeast Asia (Vietnam) | No |
| 40 | Male | Tourism | AIDS, pleural effusion, cancer | Southeast Asia (country not ascertainable) | No |
| 49 | Female | Tourism | Lobar pneumonia, acute renal failure | Middle East (Saudi Arabia) | Yes |
| 65 | Male | Tourism | Legionnaire disease, acute renal failure | Eastern Europe (Prague) | Unknown |
| 83 | Male | Tourism | Sepsis, atypical pneumonia | Northeast Asia (China) | No |
| 35 | Male | Tourism | Endocarditis | Northeast Asia (China) | Unknown |
| 78 | Female | Tourism | Acute urinary tract infection, sepsis | Western Europe (Spain) | No |
| 67 | Male | Tourism | Pyelonephritis, sepsis | Western Europe (Spain) | No |
| 5 | Female | Tourism | Sepsis, hematologic cancer | South-Central Asia (India) | No |
| 29 | Female | Tourism | Encephalitis (unknown cause) | Southeast Asia (country not ascertainable) | Unknown |
ARDS = acute respiratory distress syndrome; CMV = cytomegalovirus; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HTLV = human T-lymphotropic virus.