Table 1 Descriptive statistics (N = 253)
Age, y, median (IQR) | 41 (30–53) |
Sex, male, n (%) | 143 (56.5) |
Nationality, Belgian, total (%) | 224 (88.5) |
Duration of travel, days, median (IQR)a | 18 (10–28) |
Duration of symptoms before presentation ED, days, median (IQR)b | 3 (1–5) |
Time since end of travel to presentation at clinic, n (%)c | |
 < 1 week | 129(51.0) |
 > 1–2 weeks | 51(20.2) |
 > 2–3 weeks | 25(9.9) |
 > 3–4 weeks | 15(5.9) |
 > 1–2 mo | 12 (4.7) |
 > 2–6 mo | 13 (5.1) |
 > 6 mo | 4 (1.6) |
Geographic region visited, n (%) | |
 Sub-Saharan Africa | 173 (68.4) |
 Southeast Asia | 49 (19.4) |
 Latin America and Carribean | 16 (6.3) |
 South-Central Asia | 14 (5.5) |
 Northeast Asia | 1 (0.4) |
Travel motivation, n (%) | |
 Tourism | 116 (45.8) |
 Work | 56 (22.1) |
 Visiting friends and relatives | 53 (20.9) |
 Volunteering | 9 (3.6) |
 Internship | 9 (3.6) |
 Recently arrived immigrant/expatriate | 5 (2.0) |
 Otherd | 1 (0.4) |
 Unknown | 4 (1.6) |
Referrale | |
 General practitioner | 108 (42.7) |
 Self-referred | 95 (37.5) |
 Another hospital | 10 (4.0) |
 Otherf | 3 (1.2) |