This book, inclusive of 10 chapters, offers relevant discussions on all main health risks to travellers, both during their journey and at their destinations. Important infectious diseases, including causative agents, modes of transmission, clinical features, geographical distribution, prophylaxis,...
Publisher
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Citation
International travel and health: Situation as on 1 January 2009, 2009, pp x + 240 pp.
This chapter focuses on other infectious diseases affecting travellers not mentioned in other chapters. Topics include modes of transmission and general precautions. These other infectious diseases include amoebiasis, angiostrongyliasis, avian influenza, anthrax, brucellosis, Chikungunya, dengue,...
Publisher
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Citation
International travel and health: Situation as on 1 January 2010, 2010, pp 53-90
Background: Travel is important in the acquisition and dissemination of infection. We aimed to assess European surveillance data for travel-related illness to profile imported infections, track trends, identify risk groups, and assess the usefulness of pre-travel advice. Methods: We analysed...
Author(s)
Schlagenhauf, P.; Weld, L.; Goorhuis, A.; Gautret, P.; Weber, R.; Sonnenburg, F. von; Lopez-Vélez, R.; Jensenius, M.; Cramer, J. P.; Field, V. K.; Odolini, S.; Gkrania-Klotsas, E.; Chappuis, F.; Malvy, D.; Genderen, P. J. J. van; Mockenhaupt, F.; Jauréguiberry, S.; Smith, C.; Beeching, N. J.; Ursing, J.; Parola, P.; Grobusch, M. P.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2015, 15, 1, pp 55-64
A wide range of viral, bacterial, and protozoal diseases pose risk to long-term tropical travelers. Risk varies geographically and with lifestyle. For some infections, risk increases with duration of stay, coming to resemble that of the local population. Risk management strategies include ...
Author(s)
Toovey, S.; Moerman, F.; Gompel, A. van
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2007, 14, 1, pp 50-60
In this chapter, the following countries will be considered as part of Southern Europe (http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/index.html) as they share common characteristics from the epidemiological standpoint: countries of the Iberian and Italian peninsulas, most of the Balkan countries, Cyprus,...
Author(s)
Castelli, F.; Buelli, F.; Giorgetti, P. F.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK
Citation
Infectious diseases: a geographic guide, 2011, pp 230-237
Background. The number of American study abroad students increased more than 150% in the past decade, along with growth in destinations with increased health risks. This study investigated travel health risk perceptions and prevention behaviors to guide interventions that address the emerging...
Author(s)
Hartjes, L. B.; Baumann, L. C.; Henriques, J. B.
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2009, 16, 5, pp 338-343
Author(s)
Suankratay, C.; Wilde, H.; Berger, S.
Publisher
B. C. Decker Inc., Hamilton, Canada
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2001, 8, 4, pp 192-203
Background: Diagnosis of infections in returning international travellers can be challenging because of the broad spectrum of potential infectious etiologies potentially involved. Viral metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has the potential to detect any virus present in a patient sample...
Author(s)
Reyes, A.; Carbo, E. C.; Harinxma Thoe Slooten, J. S. van; Kraakman, M. E. M.; Sidorov, I. A.; Claas, E. C. J.; Kroes, A. C. M.; Visser, L. G.; Vries, J. J. C. de
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Clinical Virology, 2021, 143,
Background: The incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) is increasing in Western countries whilst travel plays a major role in STI dissemination worldwide. However, there is no study distinguishing HIV-positive and HIV-negative travellers. Method. We retrospectively evaluated the...
Author(s)
Nouchi, A.; Caby, F.; Palich, R.; Monsel, G.; Caumes, A. E.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2019, 26, 8, pp taz090
A review is presented on some of the important infectious diseases and tropical medicine issues to date. Included topics are epidemiological concerns, such as outbreaks of legionellosis and listeriosis in Germany, anthrax in heroin users, wild rabies in northern Italy, measles epidemic in southern...
Author(s)
Löscher, T.; Bogner, J. R.
Publisher
Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany
Citation
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 2010, 135, 25/26, pp 1315-1321