Travel Health

References

Citations

  1. Spira AM (2003). Preparing the traveller. Lancet, 361(9366): 1368–1381.

  2. Spira AM (2003). Assessment of travellers who return home ill. Lancet, 361(9367): 1459–1469.

Other Works Consulted

  • Advice for travelers (2006). Treatment Guidelines From The Medical Letter, 4(45): 25–34.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002). Yellow fever vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2002. MMWR, 51(RR-17): 1–11.

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). Yellow Book 2008. Available online: wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/ybtoc.aspx.

  • Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (2005). Statement on personal protective measures to prevent arthropod bites. Canada Communicable Disease Report, 31: 1–20. Available online at http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/05vol31/asc-dcc-4/.

  • Ericsson CD (2007). Travel medicine. In PS Auerbach, ed., Wilderness Medicine, 5th ed., pp. 1808–1826. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.

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  • Keystone JS, Kozarsky PE (2008). Health advice for international travel. In AS Fauci et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed., vol. 1, pp. 782–788. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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Author: Monica Rhodes Last Updated: April 14, 2009
Medical Review: William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine
W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease

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 Before You Go
 Precautions Along the Way
 What To Do if You Get Ill
 Post-Travel Care
 Other Places To Get Help
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