Table 2.
Travel characteristics of enhanced surveillance cases reporting recent travel (N = 180)
| Typhoid | Paratyphoid | Measles | HAV | HEV | Malaria | Chikungunya | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trip characteristic | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
| Recent travel | 32/35 (91) | 25/25 (100) | 25/44 (57) | 39/58 (67) | 13/14 (93) | 26/26 (100) | 20/20 (100) | 180/222 (81·1) |
| Reason for travel* | ||||||||
| Holiday | 12 (38) | 12 (48) | 19 (76) | 29 (74) | 7 (54) | 7 (27) | 14 (70) | 100 (55·6) |
| VFR | 31 (97) | 18 (72) | 11 (44) | 24 (62) | 10 (77) | 14 (54) | 9 (45) | 117 (65·0) |
| Business/study | 1 (3) | 2 (8) | 3 (12) | 2 (5) | 1 (8) | 10 (39) | 2 (10) | 21 (11·7) |
| Other† | 3 (9) | 3 (12) | 0 | 0 | 3 (23) | 3 (12) | 2 (10) | 14 (7·8) |
| Travel to COB/parents COB | 28 (88) | 17 (68) | 12 (48) | 22 (56) | 8 (62) | 15 (58) | 6 (30) | 108 (60·0) |
| Length of travel | ||||||||
| 1 to <2 weeks | 0 | 3 (12) | 7 (28) | 4 (10) | 0 | 1 (4) | 9 (45) | 24 (13·3) |
| 2 weeks to <1month | 8 (25) | 7 (28) | 13 (52) | 14 (36) | 3 (23) | 4 (15) | 6 (30) | 55 (30·6) |
| 1 to <2months | 16 (50) | 9 (36) | 2 (8) | 10 (26) | 7 (54) | 10 (39) | 3 (15) | 57 (31·7) |
| 2 to <3months | 8 (25) | 4 (16) | 1 (4) | 10 (26) | 3 (23) | 2 (8) | 1 (5) | 29 (16·1) |
| ⩾3 months | 0 | 2 (8) | 2 (8) | 1 (3) | 0 | 9 (35) | 1 (5) | 15 (8·3) |
| Travel region* | ||||||||
| South/Central Asia | 30 (94) | 18 (72) | 3 (12) | 15 (39) | 10 (77) | 4 (15) | 5 (25) | 85 (47·2) |
| South East Asia | 3 (9) | 11 (44) | 13 (52) | 12 (31) | 7 (54) | 6 (23) | 15 (75) | 72 (40·0) |
| North Asia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (5) | 1 (8) | 0 | 0 | 3 (1·7) |
| Middle-East and North Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 (4) | 7 (18) | 2 (15) | 3 (12) | 1 (5) | 14 (7·8) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 21 (81) | 0 | 22 (12·2) |
| Europe | 0 | 0 | 3 (12) | 5 (14) | 1 (8) | 0 | 0 | 9 (5·0) |
| Pacific | 1 (3) | 0 | 1 (4) | 9 (23) | 0 | 4 (15) | 0 | 15 (8·3) |
| South/Central America | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0·6) |
HAV, Hepatitis A virus; HEV, hepatitis E virus; VFR, visiting friends and relatives; COB, country of birth.
*
Multiple reasons/regions allowed.
†
Other includes: attending weddings, funerals and caring for sick relatives, pilgrimage, and medical treatment.