Arthropod-borne diseases among travellers arriving in Europe from Africa, 2015 to 2019.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundTravellers are generally considered good sentinels for infectious disease surveillance.AimTo investigate whether health data from travellers arriving from Africa to Europe could provide evidence to support surveillance systems in Africa.MethodsWe examined disease occurrence and estimated risk of infection among travellers arriving from Africa to Europe from 2015 to 2019 using surveillance data of arthropod-borne disease cases collected through The European Surveillance System (TESSy) and flight passenger volumes from the International Air Transport Association.ResultsMalaria was the most common arthropod-borne disease reported among travellers from Africa, with 34,235 cases. The malaria travellers' infection rate (TIR) was 28.8 cases per 100,000 travellers, which is 36 and 144 ti

SUBMITTER: Gossner CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9936595 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature