Background: Travellers visiting friends and relatives (VFR) define a specific population of travellers exposed to higher risks for health and safety than tourists. The aim of this study was to assess differentials in pre-travel health care in VFR travellers compared to other travellers. Methods: A...
Author(s)
Ferrara, P.; Masuet-Aumatell, C.; Ramon-Torrell, J. M.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
BMC Public Health, 2019, 19, 1397, pp (28 October 2019)
The six papers published in this volume are extended versions of selected research papers among the many contributions presented at ENTER2016, Information and communication technologies in Tourism Conference. This collection provides a selection of the latest research on applications of ICT in...
Author(s)
Inversini, A.; Schegg, R.
Publisher
Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany
Citation
Information Technology and Tourism, 2017, 17, 1, pp 1-141
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.
The next FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil in June-July 2014. Around 600,000 international visitors and participants (as well over 3 million domestic travelers) are expected. This event will take place in twelve cities. This event poses specific challenges, given its size and the diversity of...
Author(s)
Gallego, V.; Berberian, G.; Lloveras, S.; Verbanaz, S.; Chaves, T. S. S.; Orduna, T.; Rodriguez-Morales, A. J.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2014, 12, 3, pp 208-218
Background: General practitioners (GPs) may refer travellers to practice staff and to outside agencies to assist in the provision of travel health advice and preventive measures. In Australia, little is known about the referral patterns of travellers for travel health advice by GPs in the...
Author(s)
Seelan, S. T.; Leggat, P. A.
Publisher
Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2003, 1, 3, pp 185-188
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 ...
Publisher
Malaysian Medical Association, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citation
Medical Journal of Malaysia, 2004, 59, Supplement E, pp x + 121 pp.
Background. The travel clinic in Lausanne serves a catchment area of 700 000 of inhabitants and provides pre- and post-travel consultations. This study describes the profile of attendees before departure, their travel patterns and the travel clinic practices in terms of vaccination over time....
Author(s)
Boubaker, R.; Meige, P.; Mialet, C.; Buffat, C. N.; Widmer, F.; Rochat, J.; Fossati, A. H.; Souvannaraj-Blanchant, M.; Payot, S.; Rochat, L.; Vallière, S. de; Genton, B.; D'Acremont, V.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2016, 23, 1, pp tav017
Background: Travel health advice is an important and difficult part of a pre-travel consultation. The aim of this study was to determine whether the travel health advice given is followed by the traveller and whether it affects disease and injury experienced during travel. Methods: A...
Author(s)
Angelin, M.; Evengård, B.; Palmgren, H.
Publisher
Informa Healthcare, Stockholm, Sweden
Citation
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014, 46, 6, pp 447-453
Disintermediation, which refers to dealing with customers directly through the e-booking platform, has been gradually embraced by travel product suppliers in recent years to avoid high distribution costs of the intermediaries. Additionally, the ever-increasing number of mobile users has encouraged...
Author(s)
Chan YuFai; Law, R.; Ma Jing
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press, College Station, USA
Citation
e-Review of Tourism Research, 2020, 17, 5, pp 799-807