Travel Medicine

David Freedman, MD, Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology, Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

Phyllis Kozarsky, Professor of Medicine Hans Nothdurft, MD, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine; Head, University Travel Clinic, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Bradley Connor, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Medical Director, The New York Center for Travel and Tropical Medicine, New York, NY, USA; President, International Society of Travel Medicine

Contents Section 1: The Practice of Travel Medicine Chapter 1 Introduction to Travel Medicine XXX Chapter 2 Epidemiology: Morbidity and Mortality in Travelers XXX Chapter 3 Starting, Organizing, and Marketing a Travel Clinic XXX Chapter 4 Sources of Travel Medicine Information XXX Section 2: The Pre-travel Consultation Chapter 5 Pre-Travel Consultation XXX Chapter 6 Water Disinfection for International Travelers XXX Chapter 7 Insect Protection XXX Chapter 8 Travel Medical Kits XXX Section 3: Immunization Chapter 9 Principles of Immunization XXX Chapter 10 Routine Adult Vaccines and Boosters XXX Chapter 11 Routine Travel Vaccines: Hepatitis A and B, Typhoid, Influenza XXX Chapter 12 Special Adult Travel Vaccines: Yellow Fever, Meningococcal, Japanese Encephalitis, TBE, Rabies, Polio, Cholera XXX Chapter 13 Pediatric Travel Vaccinations XXX Section 4: Malaria Chapter 14 Malaria: Epidemiology and Risk to the Traveler XXX Chapter 15 Malaria Chemoprophylaxis XXX Chapter 16 Self-diagnosis and Self-treatment of Malaria by the Traveler XXX Chapter 17 Approach to the Patient with Malaria XXX Section 5: Travelers' Diarrhea Chapter 18 Epidemiology of Travelers' Diarrhea XXX Chapter 19 Prevention of Travelers' Diarrhea XXX Chapter 20 Clinical Presentation and Management of Travelers' Diarrhea XXX Chapter 21 Persistent Travelers' Diarrhea XXX Section 6: Travelers with Special Needs Chapter 22 The Pregnant and Breastfeeding Traveler XXX Chapter 23 The Pediatric and Adolescent Traveler XXX Chapter 24 The Older Traveler XXX Chapter 25 The Physically Challenged Traveler XXX Chapter 26 The Travelers with Pre-existing Disease XXX Chapter 27 The Immunocompromised Traveler XXX Chapter 28 The Traveler with HIV XXX Chapter 29 The Corporate and Executive Traveler XXX Chapter 30 International Adoption XXX Chapter 31 Visiting Friends and Relatives XXX Section 7: Travelers with Special Itineraries Chapter 32 Expatriates XXX Chapter 33 The Migrant Patient XXX Chapter 34 Humanitarian Aid Workers XXX Chapter 35 Expedition Medicine XXX Chapter 36 Medical Tourism XXX Chapter 37 Cruise Ship Travel XXX Chapter 38 Mass Gatherings XXX Section 8: Environmental Aspects of Travel Medicine Chapter 39 High-Altitude Medicine XXX Chapter 40 Diving Medicine XXX Chapter 41 Extremes of Temperature and Hydration XXX Chapter 42 Jet Lag XXX Chapter 43 Motion Sickness XXX Chapter 44 The Aircraft Cabin Environment XXX Section 9: Health Problems while Traveling Chapter 45 Bites, Stings, and Envenoming Injuries XXX Chapter 46 Food-borne Illness XXX Chapter 47 Injuries and Injury Prevention XXX Chapter 48 Psychiatric Disorders of Travel XXX Chapter 49 Travelers' Thrombosis XXX Chapter 50 Healthcare Abroad XXX Chapter 51 Personal Security and Crime Avoidance XXX Section 10: Post-travel Care Chapter 52 Post-travel Screening XXX Chapter 53 Fever in Returned Travelers XXX Chapter 54 Skin Diseases XXX Chapter 55 Eosinophilia XXX Chapter 56 Respiratory Infections XXX Appendix: Popular Destinations XXX Index XXX