Arboviral and other illnesses in travellers returning from Brazil, June 2013 to May 2016: implications for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Euro Surveill. 2016 Jul 7;21(27). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.27.30278.

Abstract

We evaluated EuroTravNet (a GeoSentinel subnetwork) data from June 2013 to May 2016 on 508 ill travellers returning from Brazil, to inform a risk analysis for Europeans visiting the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brazil. Few dengue fever cases (n = 3) and no cases of chikungunya were documented during the 2013-15 Brazilian winter months, August and September, the period when the Games will be held. The main diagnoses were dermatological (37%), gastrointestinal (30%), febrile systemic illness (29%) and respiratory (11%).

Keywords: Olympics; Travel; arbovirus; risk.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Chikungunya Fever / diagnosis
  • Chikungunya Fever / epidemiology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Comorbidity
  • Dengue / diagnosis
  • Dengue / epidemiology*
  • Europe / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Games, Recreational
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Population Surveillance / methods
  • Prevalence
  • Respiration Disorders / diagnosis
  • Respiration Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Risk Factors
  • Seasons
  • Skin Diseases / diagnosis
  • Skin Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Sports / statistics & numerical data
  • Travel / statistics & numerical data*
  • Young Adult