Table 1 |
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Epidemiological characteristics of the different groups of travelers affected by malaria in Barcelona (1989–2005). |
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| Tourists N (%) |
Volunteers N (%) |
VFR N (%) |
Recently AI N (%) |
Total N (%) |
p-value* |
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| Age (md, IR) |
33 (27–41) |
40.5 (31–57) |
30 (21–39) |
27 (24–41) |
32.7 (15.7) |
0.02 |
| Sex |
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| Male |
161 (61.2) |
46 (48.4) |
171 (53.9) |
55 (51.9) |
433 (55.1) |
0.001 |
| Female |
102 (38.8) |
49 (51.6) |
146 (46.1) |
51 (48.1) |
348 (44.9) |
|
| Duration of travel (md, IR) |
30 (22–67) |
88 (32–259) |
31 (26–62) |
- |
31 (25–81) |
0.81 |
| Correct CP |
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| Yes |
8 (4.5) |
6 (10.4) |
1 (0.4) |
- |
15 (2.7) |
< 0.001 |
| No |
46 (25.8) |
13 (22.4) |
13 (5.3) |
2 (2.9) |
74 (13.4) |
|
| Not taken |
124 (69.7) |
39 (67.2) |
231 (94.3) |
68 (97.1) |
462 (83.8) |
|
| Total |
178 (32.3) |
58 (10.5) |
245 (44.5) |
70 (12.7) |
551 (100) |
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| Continent |
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| Asia |
26 (10) |
4 (4.2) |
26 (8.2) |
4 (3.8) |
60 (7.7) |
0.002 |
| Africa |
185 (70.6) |
85 (89.5) |
272 (85.8) |
98 (92.4) |
640 (82.1) |
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| America |
49 (18.7) |
6 (6.3) |
19 (6) |
4 (3.8) |
78 (10) |
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| Oceania |
2 (0.7) |
- |
- |
- |
2 (0.2) |
|
| Total |
262 (33.6) |
95 (12.1) |
317 (40.7) |
106 (13.6) |
780 (100) |
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md.: median, IR: interquartile range, CP: chemoprophylaxis, VFR: visiting friends and relatives, AI: arriving immigrants. * comparison between VFR and tourists. |
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Millet et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:56 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-56 |
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