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. 2014 Sep 18;40(16):313–325. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v40i16a01

Table 4. Cases of malaria among 2004 ill returned travellers with a travel-related diagnosis, by purpose of travel.

Type of malaria; no. of cases
Reason for travel Total cases P. falciparum Severe or cerebral malaria P. vivax P. ovale Plasmo-dium species unknown Top three countries of exposure Obtained pre-travel advice Received prophy-laxis
All (n = 2004) 51 30 1 12 2 6 See Table 3 10 (19.6) 3
Tourism (n = 883) 3 2 0 0 0 1 Gabon, Ghana, Thailand 2 (66.7) 0
Immigration (n = 493) 6 2 0 4 0 0 India, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Gabon N/A N/A
Visit friends and relatives (n = 206) 21 12 0 8 0 1 India, Pakistan, Nigeria 3 (14.3) 1
Missionary, volunteer, researcher, aid (n = 212) 12 9 1 0 1 1 Haiti, Ivory Coast, Cameroon 3 (25.0) 2
Business (n = 160) 9 5 0 0 1 3 Sierra Leone 2 (22.2) 0
Other* (n = 50) 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A

NA = not applicable, P. falciparum = Plasmodium falciparum.
*Includes students (n = 42), military personnel (n = 6) and medical tourists (n = 2).
Includes two travellers who either missed doses of doxycycline throughout travel or ran out of doxycycline prior to the end of travel.
Where only one or two countries are listed, this indicates >three-way tie for second or third place.