Environmental hazards in Nepal: altitude illness, environmental exposures, injuries, and bites in travelers and expatriates.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Young people's alcohol and drug use increases during holidays. Despite strong associations between substance use and both violence and unintentional injury, little is known about this relationship in young people holidaying abroad. We examine how risks of violence and unintentional injury abroad relate to su...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Hughes K,Bellis MA,Calafat A,Blay N,Kokkevi A,Boyiadji G,Mendes Mdo R,Bajcàrova L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of international trips undertaken by residents of the United Kingdom has risen dramatically over the past 50 years. Likewise, the numbers studying in higher education have also shown a huge increase. This study aimed to assess the appropriateness of advice given to traveling students by higher edu...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Porter JF,Knill-Jones RP

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-pregnant Canadian woman returning from India presented with a 1-week history of jaundice and malaise. Subsequently, she developed fulminant hepatic failure caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV). HEV can cause fulminant hepatic failure, most commonly in pregnant women and those with chronic liver disease; however, al...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Chris RB,Keystone JS

更新日期：2016-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health-care professionals can help travelers by providing accurate pre-travel counseling for mosquito-transmitted diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, and dengue fever. Governments and international organizations will benefit from knowledge survey among health professionals in this field to promote the de...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Huang HL,Chiu TY,Huang KC,Cheng SY,Yao CA,Lee LT

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acetazolamide has been reported to be effective in the prevention of acute mountain sickness (AMS). Our aim was to conduct a systematic review of randomized, placebo-controlled trials of acetazolamide in the prevention of AMS. METHODS:Studies were identified by searching the MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Clinic...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Ritchie ND,Baggott AV,Andrew Todd WT

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This investigation was designed to identify individual and contextual factors associated with airline passengers' alcohol use, and to explore potentially dangerous in-flight alcohol consumption. METHODS:Passengers waiting to board 24 domestic flights at an international airport in the South Atlantic United ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Girasek DC,Olsen CH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni are endemic to East Africa. US Peace Corps volunteers (PCVs) serving in Tanzania were not experiencing symptoms of infection, but in 1998 when comprehensive testing was instituted, more than one-quarter were found to be infected with schistosomiasis at the clos...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Outwater AH,Mpangala E

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies investigating the travelers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) profile indicated an important educational need among those traveling to risk destinations. Initiatives to improve such education should target all groups of travelers, including business travelers, those visiting friends...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： van Genderen PJ,van Thiel PP,Mulder PG,Overbosch D,Dutch Schiphol Airport Study Group.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of preventive measures in combating travel-related illnesses is well recognized. However, there is a lack of information on the economic value of any travel-associated preventive measures in the literature. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this article is to report the values of willingness to pa...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Yeung R,Abdullah AS,McGhee SM,Hedley AJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella bacteremias are uncommon in immune-competent adults. We report two cases of Shigella flexneri bacteremia that occurred in healthy young travelers, who recovered. Self-medication with loperamide and ibuprofen without antibiotics (case 1) and concomitant falciparum malaria (case 2) were the only co-morbidities ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Grondin C,Imbert P,Ficko C,Mérens A,Dutasta F,Bigaillon C,Rapp C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Giardia infection is an ongoing problem in Tasmania and occurs throughout the state. It has been postulated that part of the problem is the reservoir of infection in native animals which is suggested to contribute to infections in humans. To date, however, no detailed study on the epidemiology of giardiasis ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Kettlewell JS,Bettiol SS,Davies N,Milstein T,Goldsmid JM

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Travel-related shigellosis is not well documented in Canada although it is frequently acquired abroad and can cause severe disease. OBJECTIVES:To describe the epidemiology of travel-related cases of shigellosis for Quebec (Canada) and to identify high-risk groups of travelers. METHOD AND DATA SOURCES:We pe...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Trépanier S,Bui YG,Blackburn M,Milord F,Levac E,Gagnon S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dr. Pfausler and colleagues report in this issue of Journal of Travel Medicine a series of patients with an interesting and potentially fatal neurovascular disorder; they raise the question, is this condition more frequent in travelers? Over a period of 18 months, Dr. Pfausler and colleagues identified five of fifteen...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Grotta JC

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adventure trips to Africa have become more frequent, and rafting on some of the great rivers has become almost commonplace. We describe three rafting trips on the Omo River in Ethiopia, after which most of the participants were diagnosed with schistosomiasis. METHODS:After index cases from the three groups ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Schwartz E,Kozarsky P,Wilson M,Cetron M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a marine envenomation, identification of the culprit organism can be difficult. In this case report, we present our method to identify snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis or formerly Anemonia sulcata) as the culprit of a severe toxic skin reaction. A. viridis is one of the most common anemones of the Mediterranean...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Tezcan ÖD,Gözer Ö

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canadians are increasingly travelling to areas that would necessitate a pre-travel consultation. Changes in professional regulations in Canada allow greater autonomy of nurses and pharmacists, resulting in shifts in provision of travel health services. We surveyed 824 Canadian travel clinics, 270 (33%) of whom respond...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Bui YG,Kuhn SM,Sow M,McCarthy AE,Geduld J,Milord F

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative approaches to malaria chemoprophylaxis are discussed in light of the difficulties of executing clinical trials within limits of infection rates and ethics. ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Shanks D

更新日期：2016-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Jellyfish are a common cause of injury throughout the world, with fatalities and severe systemic events not uncommon after tropical stings. The internet is a recent innovation to gain information on real-time health issues of travel destinations, including Southeast Asia. METHODS:We applied the model of int...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Lippmann JM,Fenner PJ,Winkel K,Gershwin LA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Travel medicine needs are changing. New patterns of travel, including greater travel by individuals from emerging economies with different values in costs, risks and benefits, must be considered. This review aims to (1) highlight selected studies that have been published that address previously identified ga...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Chen LH,Leder K,Wilson ME

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious mononucleosis (IM), resulting from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, and IM-like syndromes, mainly due to cytomegalovirus (CMV), Toxoplasma gondii, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), have been occasionally reported in travelers returning from the tropics. Our objective was to investigate the prevalenc...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Bottieau E,Clerinx J,Van den Enden E,Van Esbroeck M,Colebunders R,Van Gompel A,Van den Ende J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine imported Zika virus (ZIKV) infections (four through temperature monitoring and epidemiological investigation at entry and five by active surveillance tracking of index case contacts during follow-up; from Venezuela [n = 5], Samoa [n = 3] and both Samoa and Fiji [n = 1]) were detected in mainland China from Februa...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Zhang J,Jin X,Zhu Z,Huang L,Liang S,Xu Y,Liao R,Zhou L,Zhang Y,Wilder-Smith A

更新日期：2016-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an infection caused by a mosquito-transmitted virus present in many parts of Asia, including India, and Oceania. Infection is usually asymptomatic, leading to overt encephalitis in only 0.1-5% of infected individuals. When encephalitis occurs it is usually severe, with a 25% fatality rate...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Beecham III HJ,Pock AR,May LA,Tsai TF

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of trichinellosis diagnosed at the Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Lugano, in January 2009. This case was associated with a cluster of cases and was traced to the consumption of contaminated meat after a wild boar hunt in Bosnia. ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Lozano Becera JC,Gurtner De la Fuente V,Pozio E,Bernasconi E

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue, a mosquito-transmitted viral disease, is a risk for visitors in tropical and subtropical areas. Several participants in a community-assistance program in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, in August, 1995, reported dengue-like symptoms either before or soon after leaving the island. METHODS:We conduct...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Lyerla R,Rigau-Pérez JG,Vorndam AV,Reiter P,George AM,Potter IM,Gubler DJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the awareness of travellers with diabetes about the health effects of international travel. This study aimed to design and validate a questionnaire to examine the travel health knowledge, attitudes and practices of people living with type 1 diabetes. METHODS:A set of 74 items based on ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Flaherty GT,Leong SW,Finn Y,Sulaiman LH,Noone C

更新日期：2020-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) has been reported following chloroquine or mefloquine exposure, both structurally related to piperaquine. We report a case of AEP with typical CT scan patterns, hypereosinophilia in blood (9.8 109/l), and bronchoalveolar lavage (78% of 600 000 cells/ml), 10 days after artenimol-piper...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Fourmont L,Revest M,Polard E,Lederlin M,Delaval P,Desrues B,Tattevin P,Jouneau S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The novel oral antibiotic formulation Rifamycin SV-MMX®, with a targeted delivery to the distal small bowel and colon, was superior to placebo in treating travellers' diarrhea (TD) in a previous study. Thus, a study was designed to compare this poorly absorbed antibiotic with the systemic agent ciprofloxacin...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Steffen R,Jiang ZD,Gracias Garcia ML,Araujo P,Stiess M,Nacak T,Greinwald R,DuPont HL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several live attenuated vaccines against bacterial enteric pathogens have recently been licensed. These include the Salmonella typhi Ty21a typhoid vaccine (Vivotif Berna(R) Vaccine) and Vibrio cholerae CVD103-HgR cholera vaccine (Mutacol Berna(R) Vaccine). They comprise a unique class of biologics in which p...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Cryz SJ Jr

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loiasis, caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa, is often asymptomatic but frequently manifests as episodic angioedema and periocular migration of adult worms. Hence also known as the eye worm.(1) It is rarely encountered in the United States among travelers and immigrants. This report describes a case of loiasis in ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Ali S,Fisher M,Juckett G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Travellers visiting friends and relatives (VFRs) often have complex pre-travel needs. We identified the characteristics, destinations, vaccinations and pre-travel advice provided to VFRs and compared these with non-VFR travellers. The significant differences we found suggest that future research should focus on improv...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Rowe K,Chaves N,Leder K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00