Epidemiological and etiological features of travel-related febrile illnesses in hospitalized Russian children and adults: A single-centre, retrospective analysis in Moscow.

Background: A number of factors can lead to differences in infectious disease morbidity in children versus adults after a trip abroad. We aimed to investigate the epidemiological and etiological features of infectious diseases in children after international travel.

Methods: we analyzed the medical records of 2135 patients (416 children) who were hospitalized during the period 2009-2017 after return from international travel.