Objective: To analyse the spectrum, vaccination needs and pretravel advice complexity of travellers presenting at a travel medicine clinic in Santiago, Chile. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Pretravel consultations in a private healthcare centre in Chile, an 'emerging market' country in...
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BMJ Publishing Group, London, UK
Citation
BMJ Open, 2020, 10, 9,
The purpose of this prospective, questionnaire-based study is to assess pre-travel vaccinations and malaria prophylaxis for long-term travellers who receive pre-travel advice in Greece. A total of 4721 travellers were studied from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2012. Travellers sought...
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Pavli, A.; Smeti, P.; Spilioti, A.; Silvestros, C.; Katerelos, P.; Maltezou, H. C.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2014, 12, 6, Part B, pp 764-770
Background: Europeans represent the majority of international travellers and clinicians encountering returned patients have an essential role in recognizing, and communicating travel-associated public health risks. Methods: To investigate the morbidity of travel associated infectious diseases in...
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Field, V.; Gautret, P.; Schlagenhauf, P.; Burchard, G. D.; Caumes, E.; Jensenius, M.; Castelli, F.; Gkrania-Klotsas, E.; Weld, L.; Lopez-Velez, R.; Vries, P. de; Sonnenburg, F. von; Loutan, L.; Parola, P.
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BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2010, 10, 330, pp (17 November 2010)
Introduction: Mosquito-borne diseases have historically affected communities, especially in tropical areas where mosquitoes and illnesses are endemic. Globalization, climate change, and increased travel have created ideal conditions for outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases that could threaten the...
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Basurto-Cedeno, E.; Pennington-Gray, L.; Ferreira, J.; Court, C.
Publisher
International Travel Medicine Center of Iran, Tehran, Iran
Citation
International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, 2023, 11, 1, pp 202-209
The aim of this prospective, questionnaire-based study is to assess pre-travel vaccinations for international travellers who receive pre-travel advice in Greece. A total of 2494 travellers were studied from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010. Travellers sought pre-travel advice at a median...
Author(s)
Pavli, A.; Spilioti, A.; Lymperi, I.; Katerelos, P.; Maltezou, H. C.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2013, 11, 4, pp 225-230
Purpose of Review: The Zika virus outbreak in the Americas prompted enhanced global surveillance due to the recognition of adverse neurological outcomes, including Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a novel but devastating congenital syndrome. Symptomatic Zika virus infection is clinically indistinguishable...
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Kariyawasam, R.; Eshaghi, A.; Perusini, S.; Lau, R.; Patel, S. N.; Gubbay, J. B.; Boggild, A. K.
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Springer, New York, USA
Citation
Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2021, 23, 11,
Objective: Geographical information systems (GIS) have been demonstrated earlier to be of great use to inform public health action against vector-borne infectious diseases. Methods: Using surveillance data on the ongoing ZIKV outbreak from Pereira, Colombia (2015-2016), we estimated incidence rates ...
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Rodriguez-Morales, A. J.; Ruiz, P.; Tabares, J.; Ossa, C. A.; Yepes-Echeverry, M. C.; Ramirez-Jaramillo, V.; Galindo-Marquez, M. L.; García-Loaiza, C. J.; Sabogal-Roman, J. A.; Parra-Valencia, E.; Lagos-Grisales, G. J.; Lozada-Riascos, C. O.; Pijper, C. A. de; Grobusch, M. P.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2017, 18, pp 57-66
Purpose of Review: The worldwide spread of chikungunya over the past two decades calls for greater knowledge and awareness of the virus, its route of transmission, methods of diagnosis, and the use of available treatment and prevention measures. Recent Findings: Chikungunya virus infection, an ...
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Mourad, O.; Makhani, L.; Chen, L. H.
Publisher
Springer, New York, USA
Citation
Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2022, 24, 12, pp 217-228
Objective: To examine the potential for international travel to spread yellow fever virus to cities around the world. Methods: We obtained data on the international flight itineraries of travellers who departed yellow fever-endemic areas of the world in 2016 for cities either where yellow fever was ...
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Brent, S. E.; Watts, A.; Cetron, M.; German, M.; Kraemer, M. U. G.; Bogoch, I. I.; Brady, O. J.; Hay, S. I.; Creatore, M. I.; Kamran Khan
Publisher
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Citation
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2018, 96, 5, pp 343-354
Background: During infectious disease outbreaks with pandemic potential, the number of air passengers travelling from the outbreak source to international destinations has been used as a proxy for disease importation risk to new locations. However, evaluations of the validity of this approach are...
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Nasserie, T.; Brent, S. E.; Tuite, A. R.; Moineddin, R.; Yong, J. H. E.; Miniota, J.; Bogoch, I. I.; Watts, A. G.; Khan, K.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2019, 26, 5, pp taz028