Hepatitis A Laboratory Reports by Travel History, England and Wales, 1998 - 2009*

Table 1. Laboratory reports of Hepatitis A by availability of recent travel history, England & Wales, 1998-2009*

Year	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total number of reports	1085	1342	1028	783	1295	1011	632	485	398	363	354	352
Number (%) with travel history	250 (23.0)	236 (17.6)	115 (11.2)	76 (9.7)	60 (4.6)	41 (4.1)	21 (3.3)	15 (3.1)	37 (9.3)	49(13.5)	58 (16.4)	61 (17.3)
History of travel = yes (% of total)	132 (12.2)	97 (7.2)	80 (7.8)	63 (8.0)	28 (2.2)	24 (2.4)	18 (2.8)	12 (2.5)	21 (5.3)	19 (5.2)	21 (5.9)	12 (3.4)

Table 2. For laboratory reports of Hepatitis A that indicate recent travel history, number of reports by travel destination, England & Wales, 1998-2009*

Country of travel/Year	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
AFRICA	7	5	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	1
Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bangladesh	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Belgium	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Caribbean	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA (excl. Caribbean)	5	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Cyprus	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (excl. Pakistan, Egypt)	2	4	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	1
Egypt	3	3	1	0	0	1	3	0	3	2	5	1
Europe (unspecified)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germany	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	9	13	3	7	2	2	2	0	2	1	4	2
Ireland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Israel	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NORTHERN AMERICA (Canada & USA)	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Portugal	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pakistan	8	18	23	16	8	8	6	2	9	4	3	3
Romania	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russia	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
SOUTH EAST ASIA (excl. Bangladesh, India, Thailand)	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Spain	7	4	7	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thailand	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0
Turkey	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
UNKNOWN	57	24	33	26	11	1	1	2	0	2	2	3
Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
WESTERN PACIFIC	6	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0
TOTAL	136	102	81	65	28	24	18	12	20	19	21	12

Source: Laboratory reports to HPA CfI
*Provisional

N.B.

- The figures in Table 2. may not add up to the totals of Table 1. due to some individuals having travelled to more than one country.
- Data has largely been classified according to the World Health Organisation regions

- exceptions being that the Americas has been divided into North America (Canada and the USA only) and Central & South America; the Caribbean region has been listed separately to the Central and South American region and is therefore not included in the region total; this is also the case for some countries. All European countries have been listed separately - they only occur if reports with travel history to the country have been identified within the period 1998-2009.

Last reviewed: 22 December 2010