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Dermatoses among returned Canadian travellers and immigrants: surveillance report based on CanTravNet data, 2009–2012

Michael S. Stevens, Jennifer Geduld, Michael Libman, Brian J. Ward, Anne E. McCarthy, Jean Vincelette, Wayne Ghesquiere, Jan Hajek, Susan Kuhn, David O. Freedman, Kevin C. Kain and Andrea K. Boggild
March 31, 2015 3 (1) E119-E126; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20140082
Michael S. Stevens
1Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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2Travel and Migration Health Division, Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
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Michael Libman
3Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, and JD Maclean Centre for Tropical Diseases, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Que.
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6Infectious Diseases, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Victoria, BC
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7Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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Abstract

Background There is a lack of multicentre analyses of the spectrum of dermatologic illnesses acquired by Canadian travellers and immigrants. Our objective for this study was to provide a comprehensive, Canada-specific surveillance summary of travel-related dermatologic conditions in a cohort of returned Canadian travellers and immigrants.

Methods Data for Canadian travellers and immigrants with a primary dermatologic diagnosis presenting to CanTravNet sites between September 2009 and September 2012 were extracted and analyzed. Data were collected using the GeoSentinel data platform. This network comprises 56 specialized travel and tropical medicine clinics, including 6 Canadian sites (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal), that contribute anonymous, de-linked, clinician- and questionnaire-based travel surveillance data on all ill travellers examined to a centralized Structure Query Language database. Results were analyzed according to reason for most recent ravel: immigration (including refugee); tourism; business; missionary/volunteer/research and aid work; visiting friends and relatives; and other, which included students, military personnel and medical tourists.

Results During the study period, 6639 patients presented to CanTravNet sites across Canada and 1076 (16.2%) received a travel-related primary dermatologic diagnosis. Arthropod bites (n = 162, 21.5%), rash (n = 141, 18.7%), cutaneous larva migrans (n = 98, 13.0%), and skin and soft tissue infection (n = 92, 12.2%) were the most common dermatologic diagnoses or diagnostic bundles issued to returning Canadian tourists (n = 754, 70.1% of total sample). Patients travelling for the purpose of immigration (n = 63, 5.9%) were significantly more likely to require inpatient management of their dermatologic diagnoses (p < 0.001) than those travelling for other purposes.

Interpretation This analysis of surveillance data details the spectrum of travel-related dermatological conditions among returning Canadian travellers in this cohort, and provides an epidemiologic framework for Canadian physicians encountering these patients.

Canadians are increasingly engaging in international travel. Top destinations chosen by travelling Canadians include tropical and developing-world countries such as Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Jamaica.1 At the same time, new Canadian immigrants and their families are travelling to their countries of birth to visit friends and relatives, and business travellers, researchers, volunteers and missionaries are seeking out opportunities in an increasingly wide variety of foreign destinations. The trend toward increased global exploration by Canadian travellers is supported by data from the World Tourism Organization and Statistics Canada: in 2012, Canadians spent US$35.2 billion on international tourism, up from US$33.0 billion in 2011 and US$29.6 billion in 2010.2 In fact, Canada is now the sixth largest spender on international travel worldwide.3

Travel to the developing world and tropics places travellers at risk of environmental and infectious exposures. Skin disorders or dermatoses are among the leading causes of health problems in travellers and are among the most common reasons for which returned travellers seek medical care.4–6 Single-centre studies in France7 and the United States4 and international studies performed by the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network5,6 showed that dermatoses are the third most common medical problem in returned international travellers.

Although single-centre studies from other countries and multinational studies of travel-acquired dermatoses have been conducted, there is a lack of a comprehensive multicentre synthesis of travel-acquired dermatoses among Canadians who have returned from international travel. Our understanding of the range and frequency of dermatoses in Canadian travellers is based primarily on existing synthesized knowledge of travel-acquired dermatoses in other populations.

Our objective was to synthesize Canada-specific surveillance data on travel-acquired dermatoses with the goal of providing an accurate epidemiologic framework to minimize misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis. This analysis also aims to better inform clinical decision-making by frontline Canadian practitioners who are the first points of contact for returned Canadian travellers who seek medical care. In addition, we have outlined an appropriate diagnostic approach for the tropical dermatologic diseases seen in this cohort of returned Canadian travellers.

Methods

Setting and sources of data

Six Canadian sites from 4 provinces, which also belong to the global GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, have grouped together to form the core sites of CanTravNet. The 6 Canadian sites are large, referral-based outpatient clinics that primarily serve the Greater Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal areas, which together account for 47% of the Canadian population (or a catchment of about 15.5 million people). The Calgary site was a new CanTravNet site in 2012 and did not contribute cases during the surveillance period. The sites are staffed by specialists in travel and tropical medicine, and are typically secondary or tertiary points of care for patients, although immediate referral from the emergency departments attached to the respective parent hospitals is common. All of the centres provide post-travel services, which are billed to the respective provincial health plans. Further details regarding CanTravNet can be found at www.cantravnet.ca, and additional details regarding the CanTravNet data source and definitions are as described.8

Data were collected using the GeoSentinel data platform. This network comprises 56 specialized travel and tropical medicine clinics on 6 continents, which contribute anonymous, de-linked clinician- and questionnaire-based travel surveillance data on all ill travellers examined to a centralized Structured Query Language database6 (for additional details see www.geosentinel.org).

Definitions

The following definitions were used in this study.

Reason for most recent travel: 6 possible designations for the purpose of travel were used: immigration (including refugee); tourism; business; missionary/volunteer/research or aid work; visiting friends and relatives; and other, which includes students, military personnel and medical tourists. Those travelling for immigration include patients whose diagnosis is related to their emigration travel or long-term residence in their home country rather than a particular isolated international trip.9 Visiting friends and relatives travel is defined as an immigrant who is ethnically and racially distinct from the majority population in their current country of residence and who returns to his or her homeland to visit friends and relatives, or children of parents born elsewhere (i.e., second-generation immigrants) who return to their parent’s homeland to visit friends and relatives. Additional definitions for purpose of travel are as described.8

Countries of exposure and travel were assigned to 1 of 14 regional classifications as described.8

Inclusion criteria

Demographic, clinical and travel-related data for Canadian citizens and new immigrants to Canada who were encountered after completion of their international travel or residence abroad and seen at a CanTravNet site between September 2009 and September 2012 were extracted and analyzed. Patients diagnosed with a dermatologic illness were included in the analysis.

Statistical analysis

Extracted data were managed in a Microsoft Access database, and analyzed using standard parametric and nonparametric techniques. Comparisons between categorical variables were made using Yates’ correction (χ2) analysis, and continuous variables were analyzed for significant differences using the Mann–Whitney test for non-normally distributed parameters. Differences between groups of continuous variables were compared using the Kruskal–Wallis test. All tests were 2-sided. All statistical computations were performed using SigmaStat 2.03 software (SPSS Inc.). Level of significance was set at p < 0.05.

Results

Patient characteristics

During the surveillance period, 6639 travellers presented to CanTravNet Surveillance Network sites across Canada. Of these, 1076 (16.2%) received a primary dermatologic diagnosis. Those patients who received a primary dermatologic diagnosis were seen at the following CanTravNet sites: Montréal–McGill (n = 619, 57.5%), Toronto (n = 277, 25.7%), Montréal–Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (n = 87, 8.1%), Ottawa (n = 52, 4.8%) and Vancouver (n = 41, 3.8%). Demographic variables, including purpose of travel, for the cohort of 1076 returned travellers with a primary dermatologic diagnosis are summarized in Table 1.

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Table 1: Demographic characteristics of participants (n = 1076)

The primary reason for travel among study participants was tourism; the most frequently visited regions by were the Caribbean (n = 242, 22.5%), Central America (n = 197, 18.3%), Sub-Saharan Africa (n = 138, 12.8%), Southeast Asia (n = 114, 10.6%) and Southcentral Asia (n = 84, 7.8%). Figure 1 depicts regional exposure. Participants who travelled to visit friends and relatives, and those who travelled for missionary/volunteer/research or aid work, had longer trip durations than participants who travelled for the purpose of tourism (p < 0.001) (Table 1). Participants who travelled to visit friends and relatives were the least likely to have obtained pretravel consultation (p < 0.02) (Table 1).

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Figure 1: Regional exposure for the cohort of returned travellers (n = 1076) with a primary travel-related dermatologic diagnosis presenting to a CanTravNet site in Canada.

Diagnoses

Table 2 summarizes the top dermatologic diagnoses for all returned Canadian travellers who presented to a CanTravNet site during the surveillance period. The 10 most frequent dermatologic diagnoses for the cohort were rash, arthropod bites, skin and soft tissue infections, cutaneous larva migrans, pruritus (unknown origin), animal bites, fungal infections, cutaneous leishmaniasis, marine envenomation and infestations. Significant differences in trip duration were also seen between participants with different primary dermatologic diagnoses (p < 0.001) (Table 2). Specifically, the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis was associated with a longer trip duration (median = 35 d) than marine envenomation (median trip duration = 8 d) or cutaneous larva migrans (median trip duration = 10 d) (p < 0.001). Table 3 summarizes the top 3 dermatologic diagnoses by travel region.

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Table 2: Top dermatologic diagnoses and source countries for returning Canadian travellers (n = 1076) seen at a CanTravNet site, 2009–2012
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Table 3: Top 3 dermatologic diagnoses, by region

Table 4 summarizes the top dermatologic diagnoses for the cohort of returned Canadian travellers based on their reason for travel. Returned tourists accounted for most of the cases of cutaneous larva migrans (93.3%) and myiasis (72.2%) observed in the cohort (Tables 3 and 4). The top 3 source countries for cutaneous larva migrans, Jamaica, Mexico and Barbados (Table 2), accounted for 53.3% of all cases. The top 3 source countries for myiasis, Costa Rica, Belize and Uganda (Table 2), accounted for 67.6% of all cases.

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Table 4: Top 5 dermatologic diagnoses, by reason for travel (n = 1076)

The most frequent diagnosis among those travelling for the purpose of immigration (n = 63) was leprosy (n = 15, 23.84%) (Table 4). The top 3 source countries for leprosy, Sri Lanka, Philippines and India (Table 2), accounted for 73.3% of all cases. Although those travelling for the purpose of immigration comprised only 5.9% (n = 63) of the travellers seen during the surveillance period, they were significantly more likely than those who travelled for other purposes to require inpatient management of their dermatologic diagnoses (9.5% v. 2.1% of nonimmigrant travellers managed as inpatients, p < 0.001).

Participants who travelled to visit friends and relatives were more likely to receive a diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis (p < 0.001) (Table 4). Cutaneous leishmaniasis was also over-represented among participants who immigrated (p < 0.01) (Table 4).

Interpretation

Dermatologic conditions are a leading health problem in returned Canadian travellers. About 16% of the 6639 patients presenting to CanTravNet sites during the study period had a primary dermatologic diagnosis, making skin lesions the second most common symptom after gastrointestinal symptoms. Of the top 13 dermatologic presentations in returned Canadian travellers in this cohort, only 4 are classical tropical infections or infestations: cutaneous larva migrans, cutaneous leishmaniasis, myiasis and leprosy. Most of the primary cutaneous diagnoses reported in this study are cosmopolitan dermatoses that could have been acquired outside the context of travel. The prevalence of tropical dermatoses in the cohort was most dependent on the destination visited and the reason for travel. Returned tourists accounted for most cases of cutaneous larva migrans and myiasis. In contrast, all cases of leprosy were seen in the subgroup of participants who immigrated, supporting the long-held impression that leprosy is rarely found among Canadian travellers, but is seen in those born and raised in endemic countries. Participants who immigrated were significantly more likely to be given a dermatologic diagnosis requiring inpatient management, which likely reflects the over-representation of diagnoses, such as leprosy and tuberculosis, in this group of travellers. These results underscore the need for a full risk assessment of Canadians with a history of immigration that extends far beyond the details of their most recent travel.

Arthropod bites were one of the top 3 dermatologic diagnoses for all nonimmigrant travellers in the study, accounting for 19.2% of dermatologic diagnoses. The high prevalence of arthropod bites and arthropod-borne disease across all travel categories underscores the importance of providing pretravel preventative education for all Canadian travellers.

The prevalence of dermatologic diagnoses in our study is consistent with multinational or single-centre studies in other countries,5,6,10 which found dermatologic conditions to be the third most common health problem in returned international travellers. A large, networkwide GeoSentinel analysis reported similar findings: primary dermatologic conditions were diagnosed in 17% of the 17 353 international travellers who returned to one of 30 GeoSentinel sites on 6 continents.6 A decline in the prevalence of classical tropical dermatologic diseases has been reported:11 from as high as 53% in a prospective study of the diagnoses in 269 returned French travellers presenting to a tropical disease unit in Paris in the early 1990s12 to as low as 24% in a multiregional GeoSentinel study published in 2008.5 Confirmed tropical dermatoses in our cohort were even less common, accounting for only 16.4% of all primary dermatologic diagnoses; however, specific causes-for many of the rashes were unavailable.

The results of this study are consistent with previous multinational or single-centre studies from other countries, which also reported arthropod bites as one of the top 3 dermatologic diagnoses in returned travellers.4,5 The use of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide or picaridin-based insect repellents and protective clothing, as well as other personal protective measures including bed nets, was recommended by the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel.13

Limitations

This analysis has several limitations. First, the data analyzed represent a sample of returned Canadian travellers and new immigrants who are ill, capturing only those travellers who presented to CanTravNet sites during the 3-year surveillance period. Therefore, the overall incidence of primary dermatoses in all returned Canadian international travellers and immigrants, or the risk of acquiring a dermatologic condition in a specific destination cannot be estimated from these data.6,14 Consequently, our results may not extend to all returned Canadian travellers with skin disorders. Second, patients with self-limited or less severe skin lesions, or those with very short or prolonged incubation periods, may have presented to other health care providers (e.g., their primary physican or a dermatologist). Third, immigrants and first-generation travellers visiting friends and relatives may have been less likely than tourist travellers to seek care for symptoms that may be perceived as “benign” (e.g., arthropod bites, rashes). Fourth, we only included patients seen after travel; therefore, our analysis will not have captured those who sought care for a rash or skin lesion during travel. Fifth, given that nearly two-thirds (65.6%) of the patients in this study were seen at 2 sites in Montréal, interprovince variation in travel patterns has the potential to introduce bias. Finally, there was a larger proportion of women and girls in the cohort, accounting for 58.4% of returned travellers and immigrants. The over-representation of females may represent care-seeking bias, greater vigilance regarding skin diseases, in particular, compared with men, or underlying and undescribed biologic susceptibilities.

Conclusion

Our analysis provides an epidemiologic framework that can help guide clinical decision-making by front-line Canadian practitioners who are the first point of contact for most returned travellers who seek medical care. Accurate knowledge of the spectrum of dermatologic conditions acquired by Canadians who are travelling for a variety of purposes and to ever-expanding regions of the globe can also help to maximize the preventative impact of physicians and public health agencies offering pretravel resources and advice. We have outlined our approach to categorizing dermatologic presentations in the returned traveller, and an overview of appropriate diagnostic testing for the most common travel-acquired tropical dermatoses is presented to assist front-line physicians who see returned travellers (Appendix 1, Table S1, available at www.cmajopen.ca/content/3/1/E119/suppl/CD1). In addition, we provide practical, action-oriented pretravel advice for the prevention of common skin conditions seen in returned travellers (Appendix 1, Table S2).

Supplemental information

For reviewer comments and the original submission of this manuscript, please see www.cmajopen.ca/content/3/1/E119/suppl/DC1

Footnotes

  • Competing interests: Andrea Boggild has received a grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada. Kevin Kain has received grants (MOP 13721 and 115160) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Jennifer Geduld is employed by the Public Health Agency of Canada. No other competing interests were declared.

  • Contributors: Andrea Boggild and Michael Stevens conceived the analysis, contributed to study design and to the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, and were primarily responsible for writing and revising the manuscript. Jennifer Geduld contributed to study design, data interpretation and critical appraisal of the manuscript. Michael Libman, Brian Ward, Anne McCarthy, Jean Vincelette, Wayne Ghesquiere, Jan Hajek, David Freedman and Kevin Kain contributed to study design, data collection and interpretation, and appraisal and revision of the manuscript. Susan Kuhn contributed to study design, data interpretation, and appraisal and revision of the manuscript. All of the authors approved the version to be published and agreed to act as guarantors of the work.

  • Funding: CanTravNet is the Public Health Agency of Canada’s corresponding network for tropical and travel medicine that has been funded through the Travel and Migration Health Division of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Branch of the Public Health Agency of Canada (contract nos. 4500308220 and 4500305899). It is a subnetwork comprised of the Canadian sites of GeoSentinel, the Global Surveillance Network of the International Society of Travel Medicine, which is supported by Cooperative Agreement U50/CCU412347 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The funding source for CanTravNet contributed to study design and critical appraisal of the manuscript but did not have access to raw data. The funding source for GeoSentinel had no role in study design, data analysis, data interpretation or drafting of the manuscript. Kevin Kain was supported by a Canada Research Chair in molecular parasitology.

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