Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of 955 returned travellers or new immigrants presenting to a GeoSentinel Surveillance Network site for travel-acquired cutaneous or mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, 1997–2017^a, by clinical phenotype

Characteristic	All travellers, n = 955		Type of Leishmaniasisb
			CL, n = 916		MCL, n = 40
Sexd, n (%)
Male	596	62.4	568	62.0	29	72.5
Female	358	37.5	347	37.9	11	27.5
Age, median (range), y	30	1–95	30	1–95	31.5	14–78
Diagnosis statusb
Confirmed	837	87.6	798	87.1	39	97.5
Probable	119	12.4	118	12.9	1	2.5
Type of patiente
Inpatient	77	8.1	68	7.4	9	22.5
Outpatient	871	91.2	841	91.8	31	77.5
Purpose of travel
Tourism	501	52.5	472	51.5	29	72.5
Visiting friends and relatives	119	12.5	116	12.7	3	7.5
Missionary, volunteer, researcher and aid	88	9.2	86	9.4	3	7.5
Migration	97	10.2	94	10.3	3	7.5
Business	72	7.5	70	7.6	2	5.0
Otherc	78	8.2	78	8.5	0	0
Travel duration for non-migration travellers, median (range)	47 d	<1 d–34 y	48 d	<1 d–34 y	28 d	7–273 d
Short duration travel, for non-migration travellers (≤14 days), n (%)	99	10.4	95	10.4	5	12.5
Pretravel medical encounter, for non-migration travellers, n (%)
Yes	368	38.5	347	37.9	21	52.5
No	340	35.6	330	36.0	10	25.0
Unknown	247	25.9	239	26.1	9	22.5
Region of acquisition
South America	335	35.1	307	33.5	29	72.5
Central America	176	18.4	172	18.8	4	10.0
Middle East	101	10.6	101	11.0	0	0
South Central Asia	97	10.2	97	10.6	0	0
North Africa	91	9.5	89	9.7	2	5.0
Western Europe	81	8.5	79	8.6	2	5.0
Sub-Saharan Africa	43	4.5	43	4.7	0	0
Eastern Europe	2	0.2	2	0.2	0	0
Unknown	29	3.0	26	2.8	3	7.5

^aVisit dates between 1 September 1997 and 31 August 2017

^bOne missionary traveller had intercurrent CL and MCL and therefore counts in totals for both (955 total individual cases, with 916 cases of CL and 40 cases of MCL).

^cIncludes 52 military personnel, 25 students and 1 medical tourist

^dSex unknown for one traveller with CL

^eUnknown care setting in seven (0.8%) travellers with CL