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Department of Medicine, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece<br \/>\n4. Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corresponding author:<\/strong> Matthew \u0395. Falagas, MD, MSc, DSc<br \/>\nAlfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS),<br \/>\n9 Neapoleos Street, 151 23 Marousi, Athens, Greece<br \/>\nTel: +30-694-61.10.000<br \/>\nFax: +30-210-68.39.605<br \/>\nE-mail: m.falagas@aibs.gr<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short title:<\/strong> Morbidity of travelers in Attica, Greece<br \/>\n<strong>Funding:<\/strong> None<br \/>\n<strong>Conflict of interest:<\/strong> None<br \/>\n<strong>Word counts:<\/strong> abstract: 249, text: 1766<br \/>\n<strong>Number of tables:<\/strong> 3<br \/>\n<strong>Number of references:<\/strong> 22<\/p>\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #15479e;\">Background <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Over the last decade, travel medicine mainly focused on the epidemiology of diseases among travelers to developing countries. Less is known about travel-related morbidity in Europe.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #15479e;\">Objective <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>We aimed to present our experience regarding the morbidity of foreign travelers during their visit in Greece during a 5-year period.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #15479e;\">Methods <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>We retrospectively evaluated demographic and clinical characteristics of foreign travelers to Greece from 01\/01\/2005 to 31\/12\/2009 that sought medical services from a network of physicians performing house-call visits (SOS Doctors) in the area of Attica, Greece.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #15479e;\">Results <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Overall, 3414 foreign travelers [children (\u226418 years): 27%] were identified; 151 (4.4%) required transfer to a hospital. The most common health problems were: respiratory disorders (34%), diarrheal disease (19%), musculoskeletal (12%), dermatologic (7%), non-diarrheal gastrointestinal (6%), and genitourinary (5%) disorders. Respiratory disorders were the most frequent diagnoses during all seasons, followed by diarrheal gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal disorders. Respiratory\/dental conditions were observed significantly more frequently in children; no difference between male and female patients regarding the evaluated diagnoses. Respiratory disorders were observed significantly more frequently (p&lt;0.01) during winter (47%), compared to spring (36.7%), summer (30.9%), and autumn (30.5%). Dermatological disorders were observed significantly more frequently (p&lt;0.01) during autumn (8.3%) and summer (7.9%), compared to winter (4.9%) and spring (2.1%).<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #15479e;\">Conclusion <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Despite the limitations of the retrospective methodology, our findings suggest that mild, self-limited respiratory events may be the prevalent cause for seeking primary health care during travel to Greece. Our findings may be extrapolated in other countries with similar climatic and socioeconomic status.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #15479e;\">Keywords:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>tourists, travel-medicine, European countries, respiratory tract infections, infection-control<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morbidity of foreign travelers in Attica, Greece George Theocharis,1 MD, Konstantinos A. Polyzos,2 MD, Evridiki K. Vouloumanou,2 MD, George Peppas,1,2 MD, PhD, Theodore Spiropoulos,1 MD, Spyridon G. Barbas,1 MD, Matthew E. Falagas,2,3,4 MD, MSc, DSc 1. SOS Doctors, Athens, Greece 2. Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece 3. 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