Challenges to providing pre-travel care for travellers visiting friends and relatives: an audit of a specialist travel medicine clinic.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous myiasis is a well-established diagnosis in returning travelers from tropical countries. The most common form of myiasis seen in this population is localized furuncular myiasis caused by Dermatobia hominis and Cordylobia anthropophaga. There are limited data on the disease course and outcome in trav...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Lachish T,Marhoom E,Mumcuoglu KY,Tandlich M,Schwartz E

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Medical emergencies often occur on commercial airline flights, but valid data on their causes and consequences are rare. Therefore, it is unclear what emergency medical equipment is necessary. Although a minimum standard for medical equipment is defined in regulations, additional material is not standardized...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Hinkelbein J,Neuhaus C,Wetsch WA,Spelten O,Picker S,Böttiger BW,Gathof BS

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：: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: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：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: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: 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: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:International travel and trade are known to be associated with the risk of spreading communicable diseases across borders. No international surveillance system for infectious diseases on ships exists. Outbreak reports and systematic studies mainly focus on disease activity on cruise ships. The study aims to ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Schlaich CC,Oldenburg M,Lamshöft MM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute rheumatic fever presenting as fever in a returned traveler has not previously been described. We report one such case. ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Catanchin A,O'Brien DP,Athan E

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:A small group of travellers became infected with Echinostoma sp. after ingesting raw fish which they caught in Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, in January 2017. The infection was diagnosed by finding the characteristic eggs in stool samples collected over a 2-week period following their return to Kenya. Echinostoma is a gen...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Chunge RN,Chunge CN

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Whether the result of cyclical atmospheric changes, anthropogenic activities, or combinations of both, authorities now agree that the earth is warming from a variety of climatic effects, including the cascading effects of greenhouse gas emissions to support human activities. To date, most reports of the public health ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Diaz JH

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is an important cause of adult-onset seizures in endemic areas, whereas it is emerging in some nonendemic areas as well because of extensive immigration. METHOD:We describe three cases of imported NCC recently admitted to San Bortolo Hospital in Vicenza, located in Northern Italy. ...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Giordani MT,Tamarozzi F,Cattaneo F,Brunetti E

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:A putative underdiagnosis of clinical chikungunya virus infection in Dutch travelers to the Indian Ocean area was addressed by retrospective screening of all sera for which requested dengue virus serology was negative in the period 2007 to 2010. Evidence for a recent infection was observed in 6.5% of 107 patients, ind...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Reusken CB,Bakker J,Reimerink JH,Zelena H,Koopmans MG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Two Japanese travelers from Bali were diagnosed with murine typhus in Japan during the same period. Although one had only mild illness, the other experienced liver and kidney dysfunction. Murine typhus may be missed not only in endemic areas around the world, but also in travelers, especially those returning from mari...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Takeshita N,Imoto K,Ando S,Yanagisawa K,Ohji G,Kato Y,Sakata A,Hosokawa N,Kishimoto T

更新日期：2010-09-01 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: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：: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: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: The risk of acquiring HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections among expatriates in, and travelers to, West Africa is not known. The objective of the study was to examine the risk of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and type 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2) infections among Peace Corps volunteers in West Africa. Methods: A cross-...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Eng TR,O'Brien TR,Bernard KW,Schable CA,van der Vlugt T,Holmberg SD

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：:Increasing population mobility and increasing frequency and variety of sexually transmitted infections (STI) are closely linked around the globe. Although all mobile populations are at increased risk for acquiring STIs, international travelers are the focus of this review. Several aspects of travel such as opportunity...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Ward BJ,Plourde P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soldiers based in Townsville, Australia, returned from East Timor following peacekeeping operations during the wet season of 1999 to 2000. This represented the potential to import dengue virus into north Queensland, a dengue receptive area of Australia. This article seeks to outline the measures taken by the...

journal_title：Journal of travel medicine

authors： Kitchener S,Leggat PA,Brennan L,McCall B

更新日期：2002-07-01 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