ArticleCurrent infectious disease reports2009
Travelers as a sentinel population: use of sentinel networks to inform pretravel and posttravel evaluation.
Article in Current infectious disease reports, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- The burden of dengue fever in travellers: a systematic literature review.New microbes and new infections · 2025Review
- The epidemiology of imported and locally acquired dengue in Australia, 2012-2022.Journal of travel medicine · 2024Article
- Exportation of Monkeypox Virus From the African Continent.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Effects of El Niño/La Niña on the Number of Imported Shigellosis Cases in the Republic of Korea, 2004-2017.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Dengue surveillance by proxy: travellers as sentinels for outbreaks in the Pacific Islands.Epidemiology and infection · 2013Article
- Malaria chemoprophylaxis recommendations for immigrants to Europe, visiting relatives and friends--a Delphi method study.Malaria journal · 2011Article
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Abstract
The establishment of collaborative sentinel surveillance networks specifically to monitor disease trends among travelers offers new options for evaluating travel health issues. These networks can inform pre- and posttravel patient management by providing complementary surveillance information, facilitating communication and collaboration between participating network sites, and enabling new analytical options for travel-related research. The two major multinational sentinel networks are TropNetEurop and GeoSentinel. Practical examples demonstrating their significant contributions to improved travel health information are discussed. Data obtained from studying health problems among travelers may also have significant benefits for local populations in resource-limited countries. However, there are limitations of data collected by sentinel networks, so they should be considered as complementary tools and not relied on as an exclusive basis for evaluating health risks among travelers.
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