Table 1 Characteristics of travellers returning from Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Cameroon to France, 2000–2011

Age (year) (Median [Min-Max])

30 [0–94]

31 [0–76]

30 [0–83]

33 [0–87]

31 [0–94]

Age class, years n (%)

≤5

78 (4)

118 (6)

349 (9)

185 (7)

730 (7)

5-15

247 (14)

339 (17)

585 (15)

307 (11)

1,478 (14)

>15

1,447 (82)

1,546 (77)

2,995 (76)

2,199 (82)

8,187 (79)

Sex

 Male n (%)

1,414 (71)

1,622 (69)

2,764 (58)

1,746 (54)

7,546 (61)

 Female n (%)

572 (29)

736 (31)

1,990 (42)

1,512 (46)

4,810 (39)

Chemoprophylaxis

 No n (%)

1,113 (56)

1,182 (50)

2,485 (52)

1,993 (61)

6,773 (55)

 Yes n (%)

746 (38)

959 (41)

1,955 (41)

1,048 (32)

4,708 (38)

 Don’t know n (%)

124 (6)

216 (9)

322 (7)

218 (7)

880 (7)

Duration of stay

 ≤2 weeks n (%)

218 (13)

152 (8)

457 (12)

439 (16)

1,266 (12)

 2-4 weeks n (%)

356 (21)

361 (18)

1,150 (30)

868 (33)

2,735 (27)

 1-3 months n (%)

699 (41)

928 (48)

1,221 (32)

679 (25)

3,527 (35)

 >3 months n (%)

428 (25)

498 (26)

1,021 (26)

688 (26)

2,635 (26)

Purpose of travel

 VFRs n (%)

1,108 (61)

1,520 (71)

2,482 (58)

1,738 (59)

6,848 (61)

 Residents or expatriates ≥6 months n (%)

237 (13)

207 (9)

568 (13)

560 (19)

1,572 (14)

 Tourism n (%)

322 (18)

251 (12)

514 (12)

397 (13)

1,484 (13)

 Business n (%)

71 (4)

90 (4)

212 (5)

170 (6)

543 (5)

 Military n (%)

24 (1)

15 (1)

368 (9)

28 (1)

435 (4)

 Other n (%)

48 (3)

67 (3)

142 (3)

68 (2)

325 (3)

Severe malaria

 No n (%)

1,834 (93)

2,235 (95)

4,513 (95)

3,064 (95)

11,146 (95)

 Yes n (%)

136 (7)

123 (5)

225 (5)

177 (5)

661 (5)

No pfcrt76 analyses

594

701

860

719

2874

No In vitro analyses for CQ

305

396

729

513

1483