Volume 20, Number 4—April 2014
Research
Regional Variation in Travel-related Illness acquired in Africa, March 1997–May 2011
Table 2
Deaths of ill travelers returning from Africa who were seen at GeoSentinel clinic sites, March 1997–May 2011*
Patient no. |
Age, y/sex |
Diagnosis |
Region |
Exposure country |
Travel reason |
Expatriate |
1 | 66/M | Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum. Severe and complicated, noncerebral | Western | Burkina Faso | Business | No |
2 | 68/M | Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral | Eastern | Kenya | Tourism | No |
3 | 50/M | Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral | Western | Ghana | Business | Yes |
4 | 61/M | Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral | Western | Sierra Leone | Business | No |
5 | 4/M | Pneumonia, bacterial, lobar | Eastern | Tanzania, | Accompanying parent on business | No |
6 | 48/M | Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral | Western | Ghana | VFR | No |
7 | 47/M | Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pulmonary and extrapulmonary | Western | Unknown | VFR | No |
8 | 57/M | Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral | Western | Liberia | Missionary/volunteer/ researcher/aid worker | No |
9 | 30/F | Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral | Central | Equatorial Guinea | Business | Yes |
10 | 53/M | Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, noncerebral | Central | Angola | Business | No |
11 |
40/M |
Malaria, P. falciparum. Severe and complicated, cerebral |
Central |
Angola |
Business |
No |
*Three patients with malaria who died did not receive chemoprophylaxis, 1 received mefloquine, and data were missing for the remaining 5 travelers. The United Nations geoscheme was used to classify Africa into subregions (5). VFR, visiting friends or relatives. |
1Contributing members of the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network are listed at the end of this article.