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. 2015 Aug 5;45(8):231–243. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2015.06.005

TABLE 2.

The top 2 illnesses in returning travelers based on geographic region traveled 2007–20115

Geographic region (from greatest number of ill travelers to least) Top two identified causes in ill returned travelers

Sub-Saharan Africa P. falciparum, Giardia
Latin America and Caribbean Dengue, Cutaneous larva migrans
Southeast Asia Dengue, Rabies Campylobacter
South-central Asia Giardia and enteric fever
Middle East and North Africa Giardia and Campylobacter
Europe Campylobacter, Rabies PEP
Northeast Asia Rabies PEP, Influenza
Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania Plasmodium vivax, Influenza