Risk of Hepatitis A Decreased Among Dutch Travelers to Endemic Regions in 2003 to 2011

J Sane; R de Sousa; W van Pelt; MWF Petrignani; L Verhoef; Marion Koopmans

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Risk of Hepatitis A Decreased Among Dutch Travelers to Endemic Regions in 2003 to 2011

J Sane, R de Sousa, W van Pelt, MWF Petrignani, L Verhoef, Marion Koopmans

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Abstract

We divided the number of travel-related hepatitis A cases notified in Dutch surveillance (2003-2011) by travel data obtained from an annual holiday survey to estimate the risk of hepatitis A among Dutch travelers. Of the 2,094 cases notified, 931 (44%) were imported. Morocco (n=272, 29%), Turkey (n=98, 11%), and Egypt (n=87, 9%) accounted for the largest proportion of cases. Attack rates in returnees from high or intermediate endemic regions declined from 7.5 per 100,000 travelers (95% CI 6.7-8.4) in 2003-2005 to 3.5 (95% CI 3.0-4.0) in 2009-2011 (p<0.01). Despite the decrease in risk, vaccination remains important, and routine risk monitoring should also be considered.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	208-211
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Travel Medicine
Volume	22
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jtm.12181
Publication status	Published - 2015

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