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: Travellers are potential vectors in the transmission of infectious diseases across international borders. Travellers visiting friends and relatives (VFR) have a particularly high risk of acquiring certain infections during travel. Chinese VFR travellers account for a substantial...
Author(s)
Ma, T.; Heywood, A.; MacIntyre, C. R.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2015, 13, 4, pp 285-294
Travel medicine defines all diseases and medical situations that are related to travel. Travel medicine comprises infectious diseases, traumas, altitude sickness, sun burns, embolisms, jet lag, and many more travel-related situations. With the increasing possibility and ease of travel, the number...
Author(s)
Tunalı, V.; Turgay, N.
Publisher
Türkiye Parazitoloji Derneği, Bornova, Turkey
Citation
Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2017, 41, 2, pp 114-118
This case report describes the clinical course and management of a 44-year-old man born in France living in Mayotte for 7 years travelled to France and Switzerland, from 6 March 6 to 14 March, 2020. A flu-like syndrome started on 11 March in Paris, and on Day 4 the nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV2 PCR and...
Author(s)
Epelboin, L.; Blondé, R.; Nacher, M.; Combe, P.; Collet, L.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2020, 27, 6,
We critically appraised the literature regarding in-flight transmission of a range of respiratory infections to provide an evidence base for public health policies for contact tracing passengers, given the limited pathogen-specific data for SARS-CoV-2 currently available. Using PubMed, Web of...
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Rafferty, A. C.; Bofkin, K.; Hughes, W.; Souter, S.; Hosegood, I.; Hall, R. N.; Furuya-Kanamori, L.; Liu, B.; Drane, M.; Regan, T.; Halder, M.; Kelaher, C.; Kirk, M. D.
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS ONE, 2023, 18, 2,
Author(s)
Hochberg, N. S.; Franco-Paredes, C.
Publisher
ASM Press, Washington, USA
Citation
Emerging infections 9, 2010, pp 305-325
The emergence and international spread of SARS-CoV-2 led to unprecedented challenges for international travelers including health-related concerns and international travel restrictions. Remarkably, overseas travelers consulted at our travel clinic during the first quarter of 2020 were apparently...
Author(s)
Shamsrizi, P.; Jochum, J.; Kreuels, B.; Ramharter, M.
Publisher
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Deerfield, USA
Citation
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020, 103, 4, pp 1640-1641
Author(s)
Yang, Y. T.; Reiss, D. R.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2017, 24, 6, pp tax070
Computational models for large, resurgent epidemics are recognized as a crucial tool for predicting the spread of infectious diseases. It is widely agreed, that such models can be augmented with realistic multiscale population models and by incorporating human mobility patterns. Nevertheless, a...
Author(s)
Topîrceanu, A.; Precup, R. E.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group, London, UK
Citation
Scientific Reports, 2021, 11, 1,