Background: The public health burden of travel related diseases (TRDs) remains significant despite the fact that most can be avoided, particularly with the assistance of local tourist handlers such as Safari Tour Operators' (STOs). The STO's are the immediate close contact with tourist groups, and...
Author(s)
Sente, C.; Onyuth, H.; Matovu, G.; Namara, B. G.; Mugoya, G. J.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022, 49,
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.
Vaccination is effective in preventing the increase of disease, especially emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), and it is particularly important for people in close contact with infected sources and susceptible populations who are at increased risk of getting infectious diseases due to behavior,...
Author(s)
Zhang JinSong; Li ZaiHong; Lu JiaHai; Chen ZeLiang
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer-Medknow, Mumbai, India
Citation
One Health Bulletin, 2022, 2, 16,
Background: Many studies have explored the risk perception of frequent business travelers (FBT) toward malaria. However, less is known about their knowledge of other infectious diseases. This study aimed to identify knowledge gaps by determining the risk perception of FBT toward 11 infectious...
Author(s)
Wynberg, E.; Toner, S.; Wendt, J. K.; Visser, L. G.; Breederveld, D.; Berg, J.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2013, 20, 1, pp 11-16
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
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...
Author(s)
Costa, M.; Oberholzer-Riss, M.; Hatz, C.; Steffen, R.; Puhan, M.; Schlagenhauf, P.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2015, 13, 6, pp 449-465
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...
Author(s)
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.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2018, 25, 1, pp tay074
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...
Author(s)
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.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2010, 10, 330, pp (17 November 2010)
This report provides an overview of the global epidemiology of various travel-associated infections together with a summary of the burden of travel-associated diseases in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland up to 2005. It presents data on travel trends, mortality and non-infectious morbidity in...
Author(s)
Lawrence, J.; Jones, J.
Publisher
Health Protection Agency, London, UK
Citation
Foreign travel associated illness, England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2007 report , 2007, pp 101 pp.