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To the Editor: The review by Ryan and colleagues (Aug. 15 issue)¹ about illness after international travel focuses mainly on tropical diseases, but common bacterial infections are a leading cause of illness in travelers.

Of 779 American travelers in one study, 202 (26 percent) reported 235 illnesses.² Diarrhea was the leading health problem (affecting 13 percent), followed by respiratory tract symptoms (in 10 percent) and skin problems (in 3 percent). The incidence of malaria was low (3.8 cases per 1000 travelers). In a retrospective Australian study of 232 consecutive patients, malaria was the most common diagnosis (incidence, 27 percent), followed . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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