We describe travelers who were evaluated pre-travel to Brazil from March 2008 through July 2010 in the Boston area. Of 599 Brazil travelers, 71%, 58%, and 50% received vaccines for yellow fever (YF), typhoid, and hepatitis A, respectively. Fewer received influenza and hepatitis B vaccines (14%,...
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Iliaki, E.; Chen, L. H.; Hamer, D. H.; Macleod, W. B.; Jentes, E. S.; Barnett, E. D.; Wilson, M. E.
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Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA
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Journal of Travel Medicine, 2014, 21, 3, pp 214-217
Background: The number of US students studying abroad more than tripled during the past 20 years. As study abroad programmes' destinations diversify, students increasingly travel to resource-limited countries, placing them at risk for infectious diseases. Data describing infections acquired by US...
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Angelo, K. M.; Haulman, N. J.; Terry, A. C.; Leung, D. T.; Chen, L. H.; Barnett, E. D.; Hagmann, S. H. F.; Hynes, N. A.; Connor, B. A.; Anderson, S.; McCarthy, A.; Shaw, M.; Genderen, P. J. J. van; Hamer, D. H.
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Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
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Journal of Travel Medicine, 2018, 25, 1, pp tay074
Background: Yellow fever (YF), a potentially fatal mosquito-borne infection, is preventable with a live-attenuated vaccine, rarely associated with severe adverse events. We surveyed travelers to assess their reasons for pre-travel medical consultation, information they considered important...
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Lown, B. A.; Chen, L. H.; Han, P. V.; Jentes, E. S.; Wilson, M. E.; Benoit, C. M.; Avery, K. A.; Ooi, W.; Hamer, D. H.; Barnett, E. D.
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Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2014, 21, 4, pp 266-271
Purpose of review: This review critically considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global travel and the practice of travel medicine, highlights key innovations that have facilitated the resumption of travel, and anticipates how travel medicine providers should prepare for the future of...
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Flaherty, G. T.; Hamer, D. H.; Chen, L. H.
Publisher
Springer, New York, USA
Citation
Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2022, 24, 10, pp 129-145
Background: The study objective was to assess differences in demographics and travel health challenges between youths ≤18 years old traveling internationally to visit friends and relatives (VFRs) compared with those traveling for other purposes (non-VFR). Methods: The Boston Area Travel Medicine...
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Han, P.; Yanni, E.; Jentes, E. S.; Hamer, D. H.; Chen, L. H.; Wilson, M. E.; MacLeod, W. B.; Ooi, W. W.; Kogelman, L.; Karchmer, A. W.; Barnett, E. D.
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., Hagerstown, USA
Citation
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2012, 31, 9, pp 915-919
Background: Persons born in countries with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence ≥2% have increased risk for unrecognized hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Testing at pre-travel consultations is a strategy to identify previously undiagnosed HBV infections. Using records of travelers seen...
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Chen, L. H.; Barnett, E. D.; Wilson, M. E.; MacLeod, W.; Yanni, E. A.; Ooi, W.; Karchmer, A. W.; Kogelman, L.; Marano, N.; Hamer, D. H.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA
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Journal of Travel Medicine, 2013, 20, 1, pp 29-36
Background: The Boston Area Travel Medicine Network surveyed travelers on travel-related health problems. Methods: Travelers were recruited 2009-2011 during pre-travel consultation at three clinics. The investigation included pre-travel data, weekly during-travel diaries, and a post-travel...
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Chen, L. H.; Han, P. V.; Wilson, M. E.; Stoney, R. J.; Jentes, E. S.; Benoit, C.; Ooi, W. W.; Barnett, E. D.; Hamer, D. H.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2016, 14, 6, pp 604-613
Background: Non-immune international travellers are at risk of acquiring hepatitis A. Although hepatitis A vaccination is recommended for unvaccinated travellers to high or intermediate hepatitis A virus endemicity, compliance with this recommendation is not universal. The main objective was to...
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Balogun, O.; Brown, A.; Angelo, K. M.; Hochberg, N. S.; Barnett, E. D.; Nicolini, L. A.; Asgeirsson, H.; Grobusch, M. P.; Leder, K.; Salvador, F.; Chen Lin; Odolini, S.; Díaz-Menéndez, M.; Gobbi, F.; Connor, B. A.; Libman, M.; Hamer, D. H.
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Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2022, 29, 2,
Background: Although there has been a marked increase in travel among Hong Kong residents, travel-related health risks have not been well characterized nor has their use of travel medicine services. Objectives: To assess the travel health care needs of Chinese residents in Hong Kong, China by...
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Abdullah, A. S. M.; Hamer, D. H.
Publisher
Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2006, 4, 6, pp 324-331
This article briefly describes the 10 travel-related cases of yellow fever (including 4 deaths) that have been reported in international travellers returning from Brazil since January 2018. None of the 10 travellers had received yellow fever vaccination. Five of the 10 cases were reported by ProMED ...
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Hamer, D. H.; Angelo, K.; Caumes, E.; Genderen, P. J. J. van; Florescu, S. A.; Popescu, C. P.; Perret, C.; McBride, A.; Checkley, A.; Ryan, J.; Cetron, M.; Schlagenhauf, P.
Publisher
Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta , USA
Citation
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2018, 67, 11, pp 340-341