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

abstract：:Zika and Ebola viruses can persist in semen and pose a risk for sexual transmission. To determine if dengue virus, another flavivirus, is similarly detectable in semen, we performed dengue PCR on semen in five patients with acute dengue virus infection. All five tested negative, suggesting that dengue does not pose a ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Molton JS,Low I,Choy MMJ,Aw PPK,Hibberd ML,Tambyah PA,Wilder-Smith A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infectious diarrhea is a common problem among travelers. Expert guidelines recommend the prompt use of antibiotics for self-treatment of moderate or severe travelers' diarrhea (TD). There is limited data on whether travelers follow these self-treatment guidelines. We evaluated the risk factors associated wit...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Lalani T,Maguire JD,Grant EM,Fraser J,Ganesan A,Johnson MD,Deiss RG,Riddle MS,Burgess T,Tribble DR,IDCRP TravMil Study Group.

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 29-year-old woman who presented to hospital with fever, right upper quadrant pain, marked eosinophilia, and liver abscesses after returning to Canada from Bali, Indonesia. Diagnostic delay and prolonged antibiotic use led to morbidity before the eventual diagnosis and treatment of fascioliasis. ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Kain D,Mukkala AN,Boggild AK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dermatitis linearis is a skin condition that affects both local populations and travelers alike. Dermatitis linearis is caused by some beetles within the subtribe Paederina and manifests as painful lesions, blisters and intense itching. Though outbreaks are widespread, the condition as a whole still remains ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Beaulieu BA,Irish SR

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Travel medicine practitioners, perhaps more so than medical practitioners working in other areas of medicine, require a constant flow of information to stay up-to-date, and provide best practice information and care to their patients. Many travel medicine providers are unaware of the popularity and potential of the Tw...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Mills DJ,Kohl SE

更新日期：2016-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A total of 3,132 immigrants from low- and middle-income countries were involved in a cross-sectional observational study to screen for infectious diseases among immigrants attending public primary health care (PHC) centers. The study was conducted to clarify the degree of demographic differences and risk pre...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Hladun O,Grau A,Esteban E,Jansà JM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old healthy Dutch woman went on a trek (Lang Tang) in Nepal up to an approximate altitude of about 3800 meters. She had no prior history of any medical problems except attacks of generalized epilepsy when she was 19 years old, which had been controlled with antiepileptic medications. She had had no attacks a...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Basnyat B

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:International travel has become popular among young adults. This study evaluated the rate and characteristics of travel-associated health risks among young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) compared with healthy same-aged individuals. METHODS:A retrospective study was conducted of 47 young adults with T1...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Levy-Shraga Y,Hamiel U,Yaron M,Pinhas-Hamiel O

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Millions of Americans visit developing countries each year, however, little is known about their health during travel. This study describes health problems in a large cohort of American travelers during and after their trip. METHODS:A 2-year survey of 784 travelers (95% follow-up) was conducted for persons ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Hill DR

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to their job nature, cross-border truck drivers working between Hong Kong and China are exposed to many health risks. The aim of this study was to find out the impact of their occupation on their psychological health and sexual dysfunction and to assess their sexual risk behaviors. METHODS:A cross-secti...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Wong WC,Tam SM,Leung PW

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：:Background: In recent years, several hepatitis A vaccines have been developed. We wished to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of an inactivated hepatitis A vaccine, containing 1440 EI.U., and to monitor the kinetics of the antibodies monthly for the first year after administration of a single dos...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Van Damme P,Thoelen S,Cramm M,Meheus A

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Thirteen clustered cases of American histoplasmosis, a deep mycosis caused by Histoplasma capsulatum and acquired through inhalation of airborne spores was reported. Twenty-five persons traveled in Martinique, French West Indies. Thirteen underwent trekking and passed through a mountain tunnel full of bats (...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Salomon J,Flament Saillour M,De Truchis P,Bougnoux ME,Dromer F,Dupont B,de Saint-Hardouin G,Perronne C

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The European Travel Health Advisory Board conducted a cross-sectional pilot survey to evaluate current travel health knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) and to determine where travelers going to developing countries obtain travel health information, what information they receive, and what preventive tra...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Van Herck K,Van Damme P,Castelli F,Zuckerman J,Nothdurft H,Dahlgren AL,Gisler S,Steffen R,Gargalianos P,Lopéz-Vélez R,Overbosch D,Caumes E,Walker E

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few data are available on the incidence and predictors of serious altitude illness in travelers who visit pre-travel clinics. Travel health consultants advise on measures to be taken in case of serious altitude illness but it is not clear if travelers adhere to these recommendations. METHODS:Visitors to six...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Croughs M,Van Gompel A,Rameckers S,Van den Ende J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the inclusion of elective programs, often overseas, in many medical courses, it was decided that a preliminary retrospective analysis of health problems associated with these programs in medical students from the University of Tasmania would be desirable. METHODS:A questionnaire covering general travel...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Goldsmid JM,Bettiol SS,Sharples N

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：: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：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: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：:A 34-year-old patient presented with giant, transient urticarial skin lesions and periorbital edema after a 3-month stay in DR Congo. Retrospective analysis of stored samples revealed that these signs were prodromal manifestations of acute hepatitis B infection. The hepatitis B infection was spontaneously cleared; the...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： van Aalsburg R,de Pagter AP,van Genderen PJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International travel and use of modern information technology are expressions of modern life style. Seeking on-line travel health advice via E-mail for preventive (teleprevention) or diagnostic reasons may become increasingly popular among patients with financial resources and Internet access. This study was...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Sing A,Salzman J,Sing D

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Between 1995 and 1997, stool samples of 322 Austrian tourists returning from abroad with diarrhea were examined for bacteria, parasites and viruses. METHODS:Epidemiologic data were collected from information furnished by physicians and hospitals and from questionnaires. Moreover, testing expenses and additi...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Reinthaler FF,Feierl G,Stünzner D,Marth E

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Brucellosis is an endemic disease in Latin America and other countries. Serologic cross-reaction between cholera and Brucella infection is well recognized. Since the introduction to cholera in 1991 in Latin America, interpreting serologic tests has become potentially problematic. This study attempts to eva...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Goicochea CE,Gotuzzo E,Carrillo C

更新日期：1996-03-01 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:Prior to initiation of a program of registration, training, standards, and audit for yellow fever vaccination centers (YFVCs) in England, the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) assessed the current practice and resource needs of these centers. METHODS:A questionnaire was sent to all YFVCs o...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Bryant N,Tucker R,Simons H,Bailey S,Mathewson J,Lea G,Hill DR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver toxicity from the use of kava dietary supplements has been reported, but little is known about the side effects of traditional kava preparations. We present a case study of a tourist who developed serious toxic liver disease after consumption of kava beverages in traditional Samoan kava ceremonies. ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Christl SU,Seifert A,Seeler D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Travel medicine has virtually stopped in light of the coronavirus pandemic. It is worth contemplating how travel medicine will be affected by the ongoing pandemic when international travel starts to become more possible. How will we advise patients, and utilize the coming vaccines that may be available? Travel medicin...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Shlim DR,Connor BA,Taylor DN

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00