Illness in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland associated with foreign travel 2004

Synopsis

This baseline report brings together the surveillance data currently available on imported infections from many Health Protection Agency departments both within and outside CfI. The report is separated into chapters by route of transmission and provides crude case numbers of the most common travel-associated infections with available travel history information. It highlights the limitations associated with data currently available and makes recommendations for the improvement of surveillance of travel-associated illness.

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Last reviewed: 14 August 2009