Table 1.
Major reasons for admission following travel by reason for travel
| Holiday | VFR | Work/Study | Expatriate/Foreign visitor | Immigration to the UK | Military | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical diagnosis | 305 | 544 | 174 | 174 | 53 | 20 | 1270 |
| Falciparum malaria | 141 | 439 | 122 | 150 | 20 | 3 | 875 |
| Enteric fever | 35 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 107 |
| Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis | 45 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 75 |
| Dengue | 43 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 71 |
| Non-falciparum malaria | 21 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 59 |
| Cystic echinococcosis | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| Neurocysticercosis | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| Leprosy | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| African trypanosomiasis | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Visceral leishmaniasis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Non-tropical diagnosis | 410 | 252 | 154 | 179 | 20 | 3 | 1018 |
| Presumed viral infection | 221 | 161 | 105 | 76 | 10 | 2 | 575 |
| Urinary tract infection | 73 | 39 | 12 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 179 |
| Lower respiratory tract infection | 56 | 37 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 143 |
| Skin and soft tissue infection | 60 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 121 |
| Total | 715 | 796 | 328 | 353 | 73 | 23 | 2288 |
VFR: visiting friends and relatives. A reason for travel was available for a total of 3666 admissions. Data shown here reflect the most common tropical and non-tropical diagnoses made in these individuals.