Incidence and risk factors for infectious diseases in long-term travelers: a prospective study.

Incidence and risk factors for infectious diseases in long-term travelers: a prospective study. - Incidence and riskfactors for infectious diseases in long-term travelers.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON31962

Enrollment

600

Registered

2008-08-18

Start date

2008-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-13

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Conditions

travel related infectious diseases

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 18 years and older, english or dutch speaking, born and raised in a Western country, intending to travel for 13 to 52 weeks to a tropical area.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: younger than 18 years old, traveling less than 13 weeks. Not willing to know the results of the tests for hiv, TB and syphilis.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The results of this study will give insight in the attack rate of infectious diseases in long-term travellers. In 2006-2007 the MHS Amsterdam conducted a similar study among short-term travellers. The results of both studies will be compared and analysed in order to find differences in attack rate of disease between long-term and short-term travellers, and to relate these to several risk factors. In the Netherlands, the results will be implemented in the National guidelines for travellers health advice, as developed by the National Coordination Center for Travellers' Health Advice. The results will also be published internationally as also in other countries there is a need for evidence based guidelines for travellers' health advice.	—

Measure

Time frame

The results of this study will give insight in the attack rate of infectious diseases in long-term travellers. In 2006-2007 the MHS Amsterdam conducted a similar study among short-term travellers. The results of both studies will be compared and analysed in order to find differences in attack rate of disease between long-term and short-term travellers, and to relate these to several risk factors. In the Netherlands, the results will be implemented in the National guidelines for travellers health advice, as developed by the National Coordination Center for Travellers' Health Advice. The results will also be published internationally as also in other countries there is a need for evidence based guidelines for travellers' health advice.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The results of the study will also be used to develop post-travel screening policies: is post travel screening necessary, which type of long-term traveller should be screened, and for what infections.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results