abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, Brazil is experiencing one of the fastest increasing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mortality rates worldwide, with a minimum of 158,000 confirmed deaths presently. The city of São Paulo is particularly vulnerable because it is the most populated city in Brazil. Thus, this study aimed to analyse C...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Bermudi PMM,Lorenz C,Aguiar BS,Failla MA,Barrozo LV,Chiaravalloti-Neto F

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2018, tafenoquine was approved for malaria chemoprophylaxis. We evaluated all available data on the safety and efficacy of tafenoquine chemoprophylaxis. METHODS:This systematic review followed the PRISMA guidelines and was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42019123839). We searched PubMed, Embase, Scopus, CINAH...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Maier JD,Siegfried S,Gültekin N,Stanga Z,Baird JK,Grobusch MP,Schlagenhauf P

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The emergence of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had resulted in an unpresented global pandemic. In the initial events, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia implemented mandatory quarantine of returning travelers in order to contain COVID-19 cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This is a l...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Al-Tawfiq JA,Sattar A,Al-Khadra H,Al-Qahtani S,Al-Mulhim M,Al-Omoush O,Kheir HO

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the genetic diversity of Haemophilus influenzae positive samples among French pilgrims attending the 2018 Hajj pilgrimage. METHOD:After screening by qPCR, multilocus sequence typing was performed for all H. influenzae-positive samples. The following housekeeping genes were amplified and assig...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Hoang VT,Dao TL,Ly TDA,Belhouchat K,Larbi Chaht K,Yezli S,Alotaibi B,Raoult D,Parola P,Pommier de Santi V,Fournier PE,Gautret P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Routine vaccination for children drastically reduces measles cases. Nonetheless, the global resurgence of measles since 2018 highlights the need for evaluating vaccine-induced immunity in an era of high vaccination coverage, especially in international travelers. This study aims to identify high-risk persons...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Lee YC,Lee YH,Lu CW,Cheng SY,Yang KC,Huang KC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:From the first Zika virus (ZIKV) description, it has progressively widespread worldwide. We analyzed demographic, clinical, microbiologic and travel-related characteristic from returned patients from a ZIKV endemic country in a referral Tropical Medicine Unit. METHOD:A prospective cohort study performed in ...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Crespillo-Andújar C,Díaz-Menéndez M,Trigo E,Arsuaga M,De la Calle F,Lago M,Ladrón de Guevara MC,Barreiro P,Montero D,Garcia-Bujalance S,Antolín Alvarado E,de la Calle M,Sánchez-Seco MP,de Ory F,Vazquez A,Arribas JR,La Paz

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In France, no previous studies have focused specifically on health problems among medical students during internships abroad including the clinical symptoms suggestive of infectious diseases and the acquisition of pathogen carriage. METHODS:Clinical follow up and qPCR based respiratory, gastrointestinal and...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Dao TL,Hoang VT,Ly TDA,Magmoun A,Canard N,Drali T,Fenollar F,Ninove L,Raoult D,Parola P,Courjon J,Gautret P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chloroquine (CQ) and primaquine (PQ) remain the frontline drugs for radical cure of uncomplicated P. vivax malaria in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS). Recent reports of decreased susceptibility of P. vivax to CQ in many parts of the GMS raise concerns. METHODS:From April 2014 to September 2016, 281 pati...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Xu S,Zeng W,Ngassa Mbenda HG,Liu H,Chen X,Xiang Z,Li C,Zhang Y,Baird JK,Yang Z,Cui L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence in China in late 2019 and subsequent progression of a pandemic of a respiratory disease named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was highly facilitated by international travel. We present 5 cases of probable in-flight transmission in Greece. METHODS:We studied international passengers arrivin...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Pavli A,Smeti P,Hadjianastasiou S,Theodoridou K,Spilioti A,Papadima K,Andreopoulou A,Gkolfinopoulou K,Sapounas S,Spanakis N,Tsakris A,Maltezou HC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Typhoid fever usually manifests as an acute disease. However, asymptomatic carriage with Salmonella Typhi may occur. This study investigated a family setting of severe typhoid fever in Switzerland months after return from Bangladesh. METHOD:Standard microbiological procedures were performed. Testing for S. ...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Meyer Sauteur PM,Stevens MJA,Paioni P,Wüthrich D,Egli A,Stephan R,Berger C,Bloemberg GV

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging for travellers, airlines, airports, health authorities, and governments. We reviewed multiple aspects of COVID peri-pandemic air travel, including data on traveller numbers, peri-flight prevention, and testing recommendations and in-flight SARS-CoV-2 transmission,...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Bielecki M,Patel D,Hinkelbein J,Komorowski M,Kester J,Ebrahim S,Rodriguez-Morales AJ,Memish ZA,Schlagenhauf P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Travelers' diarrhea (TD) is the most common illness experienced by travelers to developing regions of the world and may be caused by bacterial, parasitic or viral pathogens. The available diagnostic tests include stool microscopy for parasitic infections, culture-dependent methods for bacterial infections an...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Brehm TT,Lütgehetmann M,Tannich E,Addo MM,Lohse AW,Rolling T,Vinnemeier CD

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an initial study among children from non-Japanese encephalitis (JE)-endemic countries, seroprotection rates remained high 6 months after completion of the primary series with IXIARO®. METHODS:In this open-label follow-up study, a subset of 23 children who received a 2-dose primary series of IXIARO® in th...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Taucher C,Barnett ED,Cramer JP,Eder-Lingelbach S,Jelinek T,Kadlecek V,Kiermayr S,Mills DJ,Pandis D,Reiner D,Dubischar KL

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children travel with their families, including children with chronic illness. We know that adults with chronic illness who travel are more likely than their healthy peers to become sick while traveling. A review of the literature was undertaken to identify what is known about traveling with children with spe...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Kohl SE,Barnett ED

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly, travellers are looking for novel and unusual tourism experiences. Local produce, such as wine and food, has long been a strong visitor magnet. The search for pleasurable experiences has extended to substances that may be illegal at home, or to those surrounded by mystery. Travel medicine needs to be awar...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Bauer IL

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus Virus (MERS-CoV) first emerged from Saudi Arabia in 2012 and has since been recognized as a significant human respiratory pathogen on a global level. METHODS:In this narrative review, we focus on the prevention of MERS-CoV. We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, Scopus, ...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Baharoon S,Memish ZA

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After serious epidemics of chikungunya (CHIKV) and Zika (ZIKV) in the Americas, dengue (DENV) have reemerged in most countries. We analyzed the incidence, incidence rates, and evolution of DENV cases in Honduras from 2015 to 2018 and the ongoing 2019 epidemic. METHODS:Using epidemiological weeks (EW) survei...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Zambrano LI,Rodriguez E,Espinoza-Salvado IA,Fuentes-Barahona IC,Lyra de Oliveira T,Luciano da Veiga G,Cláudio da Silva J,Valle-Reconco JA,Rodríguez-Morales AJ

更新日期：2019-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was first described in 2012 and attracted a great international attention due to multiple healthcare associated outbreaks. The disease carries a high case fatality rate of 34.5%, and there is no internationally or nationally recommended therapy. ME...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Momattin H,Al-Ali AY,Al-Tawfiq JA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Overuse and misuse of antibiotics have been reported in Hajj. However, little is known about Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of pilgrims themselves in relation to these agents. METHODS:Adult pilgrims from seven countries attending the 2015 Hajj were interviewed using a structured KAP questionnaire. ...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Yezli S,Yassin Y,Mushi A,Maashi F,Aljabri N,Mohamed G,Bieh K,Awam A,Alotaibi B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Civil air travel is increasingly recognized as an important potential source for the rapid spread of infectious diseases that were geographically confined in the past, creating international epidemics with great health and socio-economic impact. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this systematic review is to elucid...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Zhao B,Dewald C,Hennig M,Bossert J,Bauer M,Pletz MW,Jandt KD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Estimate inpatient hospitalization costs for patients with microcephaly, and predict cost increases due to a potential Zika virus outbreak. METHODS:We identified Texas-wide inpatient hospitalization discharge records (2008-2015), for newborns and non-newborns with microcephaly. We estimated the cost of each ...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Shewale JB,Ganduglia Cazaban CM,Waller DK,Mitchell LE,Langlois PH,Agopian AJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, the number of HIV-infected travellers to (sub)tropical areas has increased substantially. In the Netherlands, HIV-positive travellers with CD4-cells of <500/mm3 are advised to carry stand-by antibiotic treatment against travellers' diarrhoea. Our aim was to determine whether HIV infection is associ...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Suryapranata F,Boyd A,Grobusch MP,Prins M,Sonder G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a marked increase in the reporting of confirmed vivax malaria cases in certain geographical areas. This study investigated cases of severe vivax malaria in the Republic of Korea. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of adult patients diagnosed with vivax malaria in the Repu...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Park SY,Park YS,Park Y,Kwak YG,Song JE,Lee KS,Cho SH,Lee SE,Shin HI,Yeom JS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many factors are involved in the epidemiology of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Imported cases, as well as those by emigrants, have been reported in literature worldwide. Our goal is to document two cases of HFRS, imported by two immigrants from two countries, and to make a review of the imported HFRS l...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Puca E,Qato M,Pipero P,Akshija I,Kote M,Kraja D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The absolute number of travel-related Chlamydia cases in Sweden has consistently increased between 2000 and 2013. Given the growth in international travel, we aimed to study the trends of travel-related Chlamydia incidence to determine differences and identify high-risk groups and destinations. METHODS:For ...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Decraene V,Kühlmann Berenzon S,Andersson Franko M,Veličko I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In scientific discourse, few would consider the widely used term resistance as ambiguous. The definition and usage of the term antimicrobial resistance revolves around the concept that microorganisms change in ways that render antimicrobial medications clinically ineffective. Because artemisinins have become the corne...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Hanscheid T,Hardisty DW

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis is an important zoonosis worldwide, nevertheless is often poor recognized in non tropical settings. In Thailand is becoming an emerging disease and Chiang Mai could become a popular spot to acquire the disease amongst travelers. METHODS:We describe three cases of imported leptospirosis undiffe...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Rodriguez-Valero N,Moriñigo HM,Martínez MJ,Peiró A,Oliveira I,Bodro M,Gómez-Junyent J,Gascon J,Muñoz J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Travellers with recognised disabilities or the dis-ability to function as required during a trip have been overlooked in the travel medicine literature. This paper provides a starting point for further discussion and research into this neglected traveller population. In contrast, tourism research has explored travel w...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Bauer I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rickettsial diseases present as acute febrile illnesses, sometimes with inoculation eschars. METHODS:We performed a systematic review of studies published between 1997 and 2017 to assess the underestimation of non-eschar rickettsial disease (NERD) relative to eschar rickettsial disease (ERD), as a cause of ...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： van Eekeren LE,de Vries SG,Wagenaar JFP,Spijker R,Grobusch MP,Goorhuis A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of adolescents who travel has increased. We estimated the preparedness of adolescents (12-18 years) departing from Athens to Africa and Asia. METHODS:An airport-based survey was conducted from 2011 to 2015. RESULTS:Sixty-eight adolescents participated; 27/68 (40%) had the Greek nationality. Thei...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Maltezou HC,Pavli A,Theodoridou K,Bournousouzis E,Minitsios A,Katerelos P,Lymperi I,Theodoridou M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The annual Hajj to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia attracts millions of pilgrims from around the world. International health community's attention goes towards this mass gathering and the possibility of the development of any respiratory tract infections due to the high risk of acquisition of respiratory viruses...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Al-Tawfiq JA,Benkouiten S,Memish ZA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International travel is a risk factor for colonization with Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-producing- Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E). We describe the prevalence of and risk-factors for ESBL-E colonization in civilian and military travelers. METHODS:Patients hospitalized in the infectious diseases department ...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Flateau C,Duron-Martinaud S,Haus-Cheymol R,Bousquet A,Delaune D,Ficko C,Merens A,Rapp C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International travel has an important role in transmission of emerging infectious diseases. We described the imported infectious diseases in Korea from 2003 to 2012, and to analyze association of travels with the change in the incidences. METHODS:We used National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System to in...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Choe YJ,Choe SA,Cho SI

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been described as one of the most frequently reported mental condition among refugees and internally displaced populations (IDPs). Despite this, few has been reported about it in Latin America, even in Colombia, the country with the highest number of IDPs in the in t...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Lagos-Gallego M,Gutierrez-Segura JC,Lagos-Grisales GJ,Rodriguez-Morales AJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cruise ships carry a large number of people in confined spaces providing an environment for transmission of infections. The aim of this study is to estimate the incidence of and describe the spectrum of respiratory infections and gastrointestinal illness among passengers and crew of cruise Ship A. MATERIAL ...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Pavli A,Maltezou HC,Papadakis A,Katerelos P,Saroglou G,Tsakris A,Tsiodras S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leprosy remains infrequent in non-endemic areas. The objective of this study was to describe the cases of leprosy reviewed at a referral unit for imported diseases in Europe and to compare these findings with published data on imported leprosy. METHODS:Cases of leprosy evaluated at a referral centre are des...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Norman FF,Fanciulli C,Pérez-Molina JA,Monge-Maillo B,López-Vélez R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International travel is considered a risk for colonisation with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE). To our knowledge, no studies to date have focused on ESBL-PE colonisation among long-term business travellers. Therefore this study aimed to clarify the characteristics associ...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Mizuno Y,Miura Y,Yamaguchi T,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Staphylococcus aureus is the most common cause of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (SSTIs) in the community in the United States of America. Community Health Centers (CHC) serve as primary care providers for thousands of immigrants in New York. METHODS:As part of a research collaborative, 6 New York City-are...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Piper Jenks N,Pardos de la Gandara M,D'Orazio BM,Correa da Rosa J,Kost RG,Khalida C,Vasquez KS,Coffran C,Pastagia M,Evering TH,Parola C,Urban T,Salvato S,Barsanti F,Coller BS,Tobin JN

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traveller's diarrhoea (TD) is the most common infectious problem for travellers, and we lack effective ways of preventing it, apart from antibiotic prophylaxis. This study aims to quantify the risk reduction of a hypothetic TD vaccine Norwegian travellers are willing to pay for. METHODS:1204 clients at Reis...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Hasle G,Heier L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in Pakistan has faced failure despite being implemented successfully. Polio cases were successfully reduced by 99% until 2005. However, thereafter, new polio cases were registered, which continue to rise annually. This repeat polio outbreak has placed the country on watch...

journal_title：Travel medicine and infectious disease

authors： Mushtaq A,Mehmood S,Rehman MA,Younas A,Rehman MS,Malik MF,Hyder MZ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00