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. 2016 Sep 23;110(8):456–463. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trw053

Table 4.

Temporal trends in admissions for tropical infections following travel to Africa and Asia

Diagnosis Africa Asia
2000–2004 2005–2009 2010–2015 2000–2004 2005–2009 2010–2015
n=995 n=826 n=454 n=467 n=548 n=300
Falciparum malaria 516 (51.9%) 321 (38.7%) 217 (46.7%) 13 (2.8%) 6 (1.1%) 3 (1.0%)
Non-falciparum malaria 13 (1.3%) 14 (1.7%) 11 (2.4%) 9 (1.9%) 9 (1.6%) 4 (1.3%)
Enteric fever 6 (0.6%) 6 (0.7%) 2 (0.4%) 40 (8.6%) 41 (7.4%) 35 (11.5%)
Dengue 0 2 (0.2%) 0 20 (4.3%) 23 (4.2%) 26 (8.6%)

% are per cent of all admissions following travel to these regions in the time period given.2000–2004 covers the period August 2000 to 31 December 2004; 2005–2009 covers the period 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2009; 2010–2015 covers the period 1 January 2010 to 31 January 2015.