Table 2.
Travel destinations of patients with a Campylobacter infection, represented per patient group. In brackets, countries with high numbers of isolates). Total number of isolates = 261
Travel destination according to UN geoscheme | Most frequently visited countries in the region (number of isolates) | ITM, n = 142 | LHUB-ULB, n = 83 | National survey, n = 36 | Total, n = 261 |
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N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Eastern Africa | Ethiopia (12), Tanzania (5) | 26 (18.3%) | 3 (3.6%) | 1 (2.8%) | 30 (11.5%) |
Middle Africa | DRC1 (16) | 18 (12.7%) | 7 (8.4%) | 0 | 25 (9.6%) |
Northern Africa | Morocco (22), Tunis (5) | 5 (3.52%) | 24 (28.9%) | 7 (19.4%) | 36 (13.8%) |
Southern Africa | South Africa (1) | 1 (0.7%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.4%) |
Western Africa | Burkina Faso (6), Cameroon (5) | 20 (14.1%) | 8 (9.6%) | 0 | 28 (10.7%) |
Africa total | 70 (49.3%) | 42 (50.6%) | 8 (22.2%) | 120 (46.0%) | |
Caribbean and Latin America |
Cuba (1) | 2 (1.4%) | 1 (1.2%) | 0 | 3 (1.1%) |
Central America | Nicaragua (1) | 1 (0.7%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.4%) |
South America | Peru (9) | 13 (9.2%) | 2 (2.4%) | 0 | 15 (5.7%) |
Northern America | USA2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2.8%) | 1 (0.4%) |
America total | 16 (11.3%) | 3 (3.6%) | 1 (2.8%) | 20 (7.7%) | |
Eastern Asia | China (1) | 1 (0.7%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.4%) |
Southern Asia | India (31), Nepal (5), Pakistan (5) | 31 (21.8%) | 13 (15.7%) | 2 (5.6%) | 46 (17.6%) |
Southeastern Asia | Indonesia (10) | 21 (14.8%) | 1 (1.2%) | 3 (8.3%) | 25 (9.6%) |
Western Asia | Turkey (7) | 0 | 2 (2.4%) | 6 (16.7%) | 8 (3.1%) |
Asia total | 53 (37.3%) | 16 (19.3%) | 11 (30.6%) | 80 (30.7%) | |
Eastern Europe | Poland (3), Romania (2) | 0 | 6 (7.2%) | 2 (5.6%) | 8 (3.1%) |
Southern Europe | Spain (8) | 2 (1.4%) | 9 (10.8%) | 6 (16.7%) | 17 (6.5%) |
Western Europe | France (10) | 1 (0.7%) | 7 (8.4%) | 8 (22.2%) | 16 (6.1%) |
Europe total | 3 (2.8%) | 22 (26.5%) | 16 (44.4%) | 41 (15.7%) |
1. DRC: Democratic Republic of the Congo
2. USA: United States of America