This supplement contains papers on the impact of emerging diseases on global travel. The topics covered are: travel vaccines; traveller's diarrhoea; childhood vaccination; prevention, control and surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome; diagnosis of dengue; chikungunya infection; sea, air ...
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Malaysian Medical Association, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citation
Medical Journal of Malaysia, 2004, 59, Supplement E, pp x + 121 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,...
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World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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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...
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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.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2015, 15, 1, pp 55-64
Objective: To assess the risks of public health emergencies, both the indigenous ones and the imported ones, which might occur in the mainland of China in January 2020. Methods: An internet based expert counsel was conducted to analyze the surveillance data of public health emergencies and priority ...
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Zhou FengBo; Wang DaYan; Li JingXin; Wang Zhe; Li Yun; Tu WenXiao; Xiang NiJuan; Shi GuoQing
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Editorial Board of Disease Surveillance, Beijing, China
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Disease Surveillance, 2020, 35, 1, pp 6-9
Background: In the last decades, there have been several natural disasters and global catastrophies with a steady increase in humanitarian relief work. This has resulted in increased research in the field of humanitarian aid, however the focus is mostly on the victims of the disasters and not on...
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Costa, M.; Oberholzer-Riss, M.; Hatz, C.; Steffen, R.; Puhan, M.; Schlagenhauf, P.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2015, 13, 6, pp 449-465
Background: Travellers' compliance with measures to prevent influenza through the use of antivirals and influenza vaccine remains very poor despite influenza being one of the commonest travel and vaccine-preventable diseases. A study was undertaken to assess travellers' beliefs, perceptions and...
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Masuet-Aumatell, C.; Toovey, S.; Zuckerman, J. N.
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Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK
Citation
Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 2013, 7, 4, pp 574-583
Longitudinal data examining travel-associated illness patterns are lacking. To address this need and determine trends and clusters in travel-related illness, we examined data for 2000-2010, prospectively collected for 42,223 ill travelers by 18 GeoSentinel sites. The most common destinations from...
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Leder, K.; Torresi, J.; Brownstein, J. S.; Wilson, M. E.; Keystone, J. S.; Barnett, E.; Schwartz, E.; Schlagenhauf, P.; Wilder-Smith, A.; Castelli, F.; Sonnenburg, F. von; Freedman, D. O.; Cheng, A. C.
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National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
Citation
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, 19, 7, pp 1049-1057
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Hochberg, N. S.; Franco-Paredes, C.
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ASM Press, Washington, USA
Citation
Emerging infections 9, 2010, pp 305-325
Background: The pilgrimage to Mecca and Karbala bring many Muslims to a confined area. Respiratory tract infections are the most common diseases transmitted during mass gatherings in Hajj, Umrah and Karbala. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the prevalence of Middle East...
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Yavarian, J.; Jandaghi, N. Z. S.; Naseri, M.; Hemmati, P.; Dadras, M.; Gouya, M. M.; Azad, T. M.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018, 21, pp 51-55
Background: The high volume of US-Mexico land border crossings can facilitate international dissemination of influenza viruses. Methods: We surveyed adult pedestrians crossing into the United States at two international land ports of entry to assess vaccination coverage during the 2009H1N1 ...
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Rodriguez-Lainz, A.; DeSisto, C.; Waterman, S.; Wiedemann, M. S.; Moore, C. W.; Williams, W. W.; Moser, K.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019, 27, pp 99-103