Two Norwegian patients with melioidosis presenting with bacteraemia and splenic and prostatic abscesses.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical tourism is a growing phenomenon. This review of the literature maps current knowledge and discusses findings with reference to the UK National Health Service (NHS). METHODS:Databases were systematically searched between September 2011 and March 2012 and 100 papers were selected for review. RESULTS:...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Hanefeld J,Smith R,Horsfall D,Lunt N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of symptomatic neurocysticercosis in two migrants whose negative serology delayed appropriate treatment for 9 and 6 months, respectively. Seroconversion occurred after treatment, which was associated with paradoxical reaction in one patient. Long-term outcome was good in both patients. ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Dournon N,Epelboin L,Brion MC,Paris L,Bricaire F,Caumes E

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE FOR SYSTEMATIC REVIEW:Lassa fever is the most common cause of imported haemorrhagic fevers cases in non-endemic countries. As a disease with a high case fatality rate that has regularly caused clusters of nosocomial transmission in endemic areas, prompt diagnosis is vital. We conducted a systematic review of ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Wolf T,Ellwanger R,Goetsch U,Wetzstein N,Gottschalk R

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of malaria to visitors to South Africa's nature reserves is unknown. Current recommendations for travelers are based on malaria incidence rates in local communities. These rates may well overestimate travelers' malaria risk and lead to unnecessary use of antimalarial prophylaxis with associated drug...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Durrheim DN,Braack LE,Waner S,Gammon S

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To our knowledge, there is no data on the epidemiology of patients hospitalized in intensive care unit (ICU) after a stay in Madagascar or other low-income countries. It is possible that such data may improve transfer delays and care quality for these patients. METHODS:In a retrospective study, we reviewed ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Allyn J,Angue M,Corradi L,Traversier N,Belmonte O,Belghiti M,Allou N

更新日期：2016-05-04 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：: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：:Our observation of histoplasmosis cases augments the current knowledge on transmission by bats. In the presented cases, the only contact happened in the proximity of a bat cave but not inside the cave. We wish to communicate and stress that even outside of caves, bats may disperse the organism. ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Jülg B,Elias J,Zahn A,Köppen S,Becker-Gaab C,Bogner JR

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate travel health knowledge, attitudes, and practices on vaccination and malaria prevention among Spanish travelers to the tropics. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was carried out in the departure lounge of the two main Spanish international airports in the summer of 2004. A questionnaire was admini...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Lopez-Velez R,Bayas JM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More than 1.5 billion passengers travel by aircraft every year. Leg edema, as a sign of venous stasis, is a well-known problem among passengers during and after long-haul flights. Until now, no studies have been done on the development of leg edema and fluid shifts under real flight conditions. The aim of ou...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Mittermayr M,Fries D,Innerhofer P,Schobersberger B,Klingler A,Partsch H,Fischbach U,Gunga HC,Koralewski E,Kirsch K,Schobersberger W

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This experiment was carried out to determine whether there is any difference in circulating rabies antibody when rabies immune globulin is administered into fat or muscle tissue. METHODS:Blood samples were taken at 24 and 48 hours after administering 40 IU/kg body weight of purified equine rabies immune glo...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Chomchay P,Khawplod P,Wilde H

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of an Anthia sexmaculata sexmaculata-associated necrotic burn in a French expatriate in Mauritania. Anthia spp.-related injury is a common though underreported health issue in the Sahelo-Saharan area. Deployed soldiers and travellers should be aware of these beetles when adventuring in this region. ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Aoun O,François M,Demoncheaux JP,Rapp C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:While the worldwide endemicity of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) has been increasing, a lack of awareness of the risks of this life-threatening disease may be leading to an underutilization of preventive measures among travellers to TBE-endemic regions. This study's objectives were to assess travellers' aware...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Marano C,Moodley M,Melander E,De Moerlooze L,Nothdurft HD

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the main etiological agent for the enterically transmitted form of non-A, non-B hepatitis (ET-NANB), and is associated with epidemic and sporadic forms of the disease,1 mainly in some developing countries.2 In Argentina, no ET-NANB hepatitis epidemics have been described, and no epidemiologi...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Rey JA,Findor JA,Daruich JR,Velazco CC,Igartua EB,Schmee E,Kohan AI

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass gathering is well known to concentrate and amplify the transmission of infectious respiratory diseases. Here we report a possible case of coinfection with influenza A/H1N1 and varicella in a young French traveler returning from a rock festival in Hungary. We report a cluster of influenza A/H1N1 cases at this fest...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Botelho-Nevers E,Gautret P,Benarous L,Charrel R,Felkai P,Parola P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the tolerance and immunogenicity of a hepatitis A vaccine using immunopotentiating reconstituted influenza virosomes (IRIV) as adjuvant when administered simultaneously with a yellow fever vaccine (YFV). METHOD:An open prospective trial with two parallel groups was ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Bovier PA,Althaus B,Glueck R,Chippaux A,Loutan L

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：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：:Trip Doctor®, a Smartphone-based app monitoring system, was developed to detect infections among travelers in real-time. For testing, 106 participants were recruited (62.2% male, mean age 36 years (SD = 11)). Majority of trips were for tourism and main destinations were in South East Asia. Mean travel duration was 14 ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Rodriguez-Valero N,Carbayo MJL,Sanchez DC,Vladimirov A,Espriu M,Vera I,Roldan M,de Alba T,Sanz S,Moreno JLG,Oroz ML,Muñoz J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Descriptions of the epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have seldom been produced in the Caribbean, which is a major tourism destination. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Using DNA microarrays and spa typing, we characterized 85 MRSA isolates from human skin and soft-tissue infections fr...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Chroboczek T,Boisset S,Rasigade JP,Meugnier H,Akpaka PE,Nicholson A,Nicolas M,Olive C,Bes M,Vandenesch F,Laurent F,Etienne J,Tristan A

更新日期：2013-09-01 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:Following the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, remote-sensing infrared thermography (IRT) has been advocated as a possible means of screening for fever in travelers at airports and border crossings, but its applicability has not been established. We therefore set out to evaluate (1) the fea...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Chan LS,Cheung GT,Lauder IJ,Kumana CR,Lauder IJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pontiac fever (PF), a legionellosis with influenza-like symptoms and high attack rates, is rarely reported. Travel-related outbreaks can elude detection because infected persons are often widely removed geographically from the transmission source before illness onset. Thirty-one persons staying at an Illinoi...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Huhn GD,Adam B,Ruden R,Hilliard L,Kirkpatrick P,Todd J,Crafts W,Passaro D,Dworkin MS

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the obligatory religious duties of Islam. The travel clinic of the Public Health Service (PHS) Amsterdam administers vaccinations, including the required meningitis ACYW135 vaccine, and provides travelers with individual recommendations for all their travels. METHODS...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Keles H,Sonder GJ,van den Hoek A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic attitude of western physicians toward migrants' complaints is often an unstable balance between the obstinate search for exotic tropical diseases and the overappreciation of the cultural dimensions of symptoms. Such attitude may divert attention from organic diseases. The careful assessment of all level...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： El-Hamad I,Scarcella C,Pezzoli MC,Ricci A,Castelli F,Migration Health Committee of the ISTM.

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last 150 years, a little South American fish with alleged unsavory habits has become the stuff legends are made of. With growing visitor numbers to the Amazon basin, the question of whether the animal poses a threat to the many travelers to the region arises. METHODS:Scientific literature was ident...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Bauer IL

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection is reported in a young traveler returning from Thailand. Clinical suspicion of JEV in travelers returning from endemic areas with neurologic symptoms is warranted. Confirmation of the diagnosis is complex and requires specialized laboratory services. Individualized...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Langevin S,Libman M,Drebot MA,Laverdière M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internet travel purchases accounted for 10% of the travel industry revenue generated in 2001. To ensure that travelers remain healthy during excursions to developing countries, travel health information needs to be available at commercial travel websites. We evaluated the current availability of travel healt...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Horvath LL,Murray CK,DuPont HL

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV) has been available for over two decades and has a proven record of efficacy, it is very expensive to produce and can only be made in small quantities. METHODS:In this trial, we compared the safety and immunogenicity of a new, chromatographically purified rabies vac...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Arora A,Moeller L,Froeschle J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome is a common condition for which continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) is the standard treatment. The condition affects a population of which a substantial proportion will be travelling. Methods:We use a questionnaire survey of CPAP users to gain understanding regardin...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Bodington R,Johnson O,Carveth-Johnson P,Faruqi S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00