Marc MendelsonPauline V. HanPeter VincentFrank von SonnenburgJakob P. CramerLouis LoutanKevin C. KainPhilippe ParolaStefan HagmannEffrossyni Gkrania-KlotsasMark SotirPatricia SchlagenhaufRahul AnandHilmir ÁsgeirssonElizabeth D. BarnettSarah BorweinGerd Dieter BurchardJohn D. CahillDaniel CampionFrancesco CastelliEric CaumesLin H. ChenBradley A. ConnorChristina M. CoyleJakob CramerJane EasonCécile FickoVanessa FieldDavid O. FreedmanAbram GoorhuisMartin P. GrobuschAlejandra GurtmanDevon C. HaleAnnemarie HernNoreen HynesMogens JenseniusRobert KassAmy D. KlionPhyllis E. KozarskyKarin LederCarmelo LicitraRogelio López-VélezMichael W. LynchAlberto MatteelliAnne McCarthyGeorge MckInleySusan McLellanJosé Antonio Pérez MolinaRobert MullerThomas B. NutmanAlice PérignonPhi Truong Hoang PhuWatcharapong PiyaphaneeChristophe RappDavid RoeselEli SchwartzMarc ShawUdomsak SilachamroonWilliam StaufferNatsuo TachikawaJoseph TorresiJohan UrsingJean VincelettePatricia WalkerAndy WangMary E. WilsonHenry WuYukihiro YoshimuraUniversity of Cape TownCenters for Disease Control and PreventionTokai Medicross Travel ClinicLudwig-Maximilians-Universitat MunchenUniversitatsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf und Medizinische FakultatUniversite de GeneveUniversity of TorontoNorth University HospitalBronx-Lebanon Hospital CenterCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUniversity of ZurichUniversity of UtahKarolinska University HospitalBoston UniversityTravel-Safe Medical CentreBernhard Nocht Institut fur Tropenmedizin HamburgSt. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital CenterInterHealthUniversità degli Studi di BresciaHopital Universitaire Pitie SalpetriereHarvard UniversityCornell UniversityAlbert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityBeijing United Family Hospital and ClinicsHopital d'Instruction des Armees BeginUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamUniversity of AmsterdamThe Mount Sinai Medical CenterWorldwise Travellers Health and Vaccination CentreJohns Hopkins UniversityOslo University HospitalTravellers Medical and Vaccination CentreNational Institutes of Health, BethesdaEmory UniversityRoyal Melbourne HospitalOrlando Regional Health CenterHospital Ramon y CajalFresno International Travel Medical CenterUniversity of Ottawa, CanadaTulane UniversityTravel Clinic ServicesHôpital Pitié-SalpêtrièreInternational SOS VietnamMahidol UniversityUniversity of Washington, SeattleChaim Sheba Medical Center IsraelRegions HospitalYokohama Municipal Citizen's HospitalCentre Hospitalier de L'Universite de MontrealHealthPartners2018-11-092018-11-092014-01-01Emerging Infectious Diseases. Vol.20, No.4 (2014), 532-54110806059108060402-s2.0-84896487406https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/34883To understand geographic variation in travel-related illness acquired in distinct African regions, we used the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network database to analyze records for 16,893 ill travelers returning from Africa over a 14-year period. Travelers to northern Africa most commonly reported gastrointestinal illnesses and dog bites. Febrile illnesses were more common in travelers returning from sub-Saharan countries. Eleven travelers died, 9 of malaria; these deaths occurred mainly among male business travelers to sub-Saharan Africa. The profile of illness varied substantially by region: malaria predominated in travelers returning from Central and Western Africa; schistosomiasis, strongyloidiasis, and dengue from Eastern and Western Africa; and loaisis from Central Africa. There were few reports of vaccine-preventable infections, HIV infection, and tuberculosis. Geographic profiling of illness acquired during travel to Africa guides targeted pretravel advice, expedites diagnosis in ill returning travelers, and may influence destination choices in tourism.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.3201/eid2004.131128