Epidemiology and burden of hepatitis A, malaria, and typhoid in New York City associated with travel: implications for public health policy.

Publisher: American Public Health Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1254074 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1541-0048 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00900036 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Washington, DC : American Public Health Association
Original Publication: New York [etc.]

Travel*; Hepatitis A/*epidemiology ; Malaria/*epidemiology ; Typhoid Fever/*epidemiology; Adolescent ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; New York City/epidemiology ; Prevalence ; Young Adult

We examined New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene surveillance data on hepatitis A, malaria, and typhoid to determine the proportion of these diseases related to travel and their geographic distribution. We found that 61% of hepatitis A cases, 100% of malaria cases, and 78% of typhoid cases were travel related and that cases clustered in specific populations and neighborhoods at which public health interventions could be targeted. High-risk groups include Hispanics (for hepatitis A), West Africans living in the Bronx (for malaria), and South Asians (for typhoid).

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Date Created: 20100515 Date Completed: 20100719 Latest Revision: 20211020

20240104

PMC2882402

10.2105/AJPH.2009.178335

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