Fernando de la Calle-Prieto, Yesim Tozan, Tyler Y Headley, Diana Pou Ciruelo, Susana Cristina Lloveras, Sofia Elena Echazarreta, Daniel Camprubí-Ferrer, Federico Giovanni Gobbi, Davidson H Hamer, Hannah Emetulu, Marta Díaz-Menéndez, Ralph Huits
{"title":"Beyond a mild viral illness: long-term consequences in travellers with chikungunya from Paraguay.","authors":"Fernando de la Calle-Prieto, Yesim Tozan, Tyler Y Headley, Diana Pou Ciruelo, Susana Cristina Lloveras, Sofia Elena Echazarreta, Daniel Camprubí-Ferrer, Federico Giovanni Gobbi, Davidson H Hamer, Hannah Emetulu, Marta Díaz-Menéndez, Ralph Huits","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag044","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taag044","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148150318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Estimating the burden of imported malaria in the Asia Pacific region: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Kinley Penjor, Binay Thapa, Tsheten Tsheten, Soumya Mazumdar, Nasser Bagheri, Manas Kotepui, Kinley Wangdi","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag022","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taag022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Imported malaria is a major barrier to achieve and sustain malaria elimination for countries in Asia Pacific. This systematic review and meta-analysis quantified the pooled prevalence of imported malaria in the region.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The systematic review and meta-analysis protocol was registered in International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (CRD420251008817). Three databases including PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science were used for literature search from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2024 for imported malaria in 22 Asia Pacific malaria eliminating countries. Pooled prevalence with 95% confidence intervals (CI) was calculated using an inverse variance random-effects meta-analysis. Heterogeneity, sensitivity analysis and publication bias were also assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Based on 42 studies conducted in nine Asia Pacific countries with a total of 435 454 malaria cases, the pooled prevalence of imported malaria was 89.0% (95% CI: 75.9-95.5, I2-100%, n = 166 412 imported cases). The pooled prevalence of imported malaria in males, Plasmodium falciparum, and origin from Africa was 94% (95% CI: 92.0-96.0, I2-97.5%, n = 70 619), 57.0% (95% CI: 47.2-65.5, I2-99.5%, n = 60 999) and 64.3% (95% CI: 43.1-81.0, I2-99.5%, n = 67 511), respectively. The imported malaria varied by occupation with 53.0% (95% CI: 34.0-71.0, I2-99.7%, n = 7989) in labourer to 40.0% (95% CI: 15.0-72.0, I2-99.7%, n = 9611) in farmers. The subgroup meta-analysis revealed pooled prevalence of 84.6% (95% CI: 68.3-93.3, I2 -100% n = 154 792) in pre-elimination phase, and it ranged between 95.0% in Sri Lanka (95% CI: 13.0-100, n = 761) and China (95% CI:85.8-98.0, n = 156 031) to 3.2% (95% CI: 2.87-3.47, n = 407) in South Korea.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Imported malaria constitutes a significant proportion of malaria cases in Asia Pacific malaria eliminating countries. The findings highlight the critical need for strengthened cross border coordination for surveillance, and tailored interventions to achieve and sustain malaria elimination efforts in the region.</p>","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13503382/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147618867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fernando Agüero, Ippazio C Antonazzo, Marco Paccini, Davide Rozza, Lorenzo G Mantovani, Pietro Ferrara
{"title":"Dengue without international travel: Europe at the interface of seasonality, vectors, and preparedness.","authors":"Fernando Agüero, Ippazio C Antonazzo, Marco Paccini, Davide Rozza, Lorenzo G Mantovani, Pietro Ferrara","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taag048","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148330579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rigin Sebastian, Noufal Naheem Kottekkadan, Toney K Thomas, Muhammad Thalil
{"title":"Strategic Preparedness for the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Response to the Bundibugoy Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.","authors":"Rigin Sebastian, Noufal Naheem Kottekkadan, Toney K Thomas, Muhammad Thalil","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taag056","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148302121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Naloxone Availability on Commercial Flights: A Gap in Travel Medicine Preparedness.","authors":"Brian J Carter, Rolando J Casas Fuentes","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taag051","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148277914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Planning Safe International Travel for Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: Lessons from a Two-Week Cruise.","authors":"Ahmet Murt, Ali Osman Polat","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taag046","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148199435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"No marketed tickborne encephalitis (TBE) vaccines available in Canada since 2014.","authors":"Rudolf Zimmer","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag021","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taag021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147592798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kai Q Lim, Ming X Loy, Zeenathnisa M Aribou, Shen Liang, Paul A Tambyah
{"title":"Border measures may delay but rarely prevent early dominance of local transmission: imported-to-local patterns across public health emergencies of international concern.","authors":"Kai Q Lim, Ming X Loy, Zeenathnisa M Aribou, Shen Liang, Paul A Tambyah","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag026","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taag026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147662748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}