Textbook of Travel Medicine and Health

medicine as a unique medical speciality; health risks abroad - general considerations; travel industry; philosophical and ethical considerations; economic evaluation in travel medicine; pre-travel planning; travel and tourism; sources of travel information; compliance with travel recommendations; travel clinics; environmental changes - impact on tourism; disease risks by region; medical problems of high altitude; marine hazards; medical risks; diseases and disorders caused by the sun; swimming pool hygiene; threats of security during international travel; emerging and re-emerging disease threats for travellers; travellers' diarrhoea; malaria; vaccines; respiratory tract infections; sexually transmitted diseases; viruses; bacterial and rickettsial tropical infections; parasitic tropical infections; psychiatric illness and stress; travel related injuries - epidemiology and prevention; venomous bites and stings; air travel and related illness; very short-term travel; expatriates and long-term travellers; expedition participants; the migrant as a traveller; travelling with infants and children; pregnancy, nursing, contraception and travel; the aged, infirm or handicapped traveller; the immunocompromised traveller; travel for drugs and special treatment; biological and chemical terrorism; international medical treatment; outbreak investigation and management; the future of travel medicine - next ten years.