General Approach to the Returned Traveler
Jessica K. Fairley
Screening Asymptomatic Returned Travelers
Michael Libman, Sapha Barkati
Fever
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Infectious Diseases
Elizabeth Rabold, Jesse Waggoner
Antimicrobial Resistance
D. Cal Ham, Joseph Lutgring, Aditya Sharma
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Jodie Dionne-Odom...
The Rationale for Popular Itineraries
Ronnie Henry
East Africa: Safaris
Karl Neumann
Saudi Arabia: Hajj/Umrah Pilgrimage
Salim Parker, Joanna Gaines
South Africa
Gary W. Brunette
Tanzania: Kilimanjaro
Kevin C. Kain
Brazil
Joanna Gaines, Ana Carolina Faria e Silva Santelli
Cuba
Andrea K. Boggild, Linda R. Taggart...
Injury & Trauma
Erin M. Parker, Erin K. Sauber-Schatz, David A. Sleet, Michael F. Ballesteros
Mental Health
Thomas H. Valk
Safety & Security Overseas
Uzma Javed
Mosquitoes, Ticks & Other Arthropods
John-Paul Mutebi, John E. Gimnig
Sun Exposure
Karolyn A. Wanat, Scott A. Norton
Extremes of Temperature...
Air Travel
Paul J. Edelson, Phyllis E. Kozarsky, Clive Brown
Deep Vein Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism
Nimia L. Reyes, Michele G. Beckman, Karon Abe
Jet Lag
Greg Atkinson, Ronnie Henry, Alan M. Batterham, Andrew Thompson
Road & Traffic Safety
Erin K. Sauber-Schatz, Erin M. Parker...
Pregnant Travelers
Diane F. Morof, I. Dale Carroll
Travel & Breastfeeding
Erica H. Anstey, Katherine R. Shealy
Traveling Safely with Infants & Children
Michelle S. Weinberg, Nicholas Weinberg, Susan A. Maloney
Vaccine Recommendations for Infants & Children
Michelle S. Weinberg
International Adoption
Mary Allen Staat...
Travel Insurance, Travel Health Insurance & Medical Evacuation Insurance
Rhett J. Stoney
Obtaining Health Care Abroad
Carolina Uribe
Avoiding Poorly Regulated Medicines and Medical Products During Travel
Michael D. Green
Travel Health Kits
Calvin Patimeteeporn
Severe illness or injury abroad may result in a financial burden to travelers. Travelers can substantially reduce their out-of-pocket costs for medical care received abroad by purchasing in advance specialized insurance policies for their trip, regardless of whether or not they have a domestic health insurance plan. The 3 types of policies are travel insurance, travel health insurance, and medical evacuation insurance. Each provides different types of coverage in the event of an illness or injury and may be of particular importance to travelers with preexisting medical conditions....
Introduction to Travel Health & the CDC Yellow Book
Phyllis E. Kozarsky, Ronnie Henry
Travel Epidemiology
Allison Taylor Walker, Regina C. LaRocque, Mark J. Sotir
Why Guidelines Differ
David R. Shlim
The number of people traveling internationally continues to grow. According to the World Tourism Organization, there were 1.33 billion worldwide international tourist arrivals in 2017, an increase of 88% from 2015. International arrivals increased 6% in January–April 2018 compared to the same period in 2017. In 2017, US residents made nearly 88 million trips with at least 1 night outside the United States....
Amebiasis
Jennifer R. Cope, Ibne K. Ali
Angiostrongyliasis, Neurologic
Anne Straily, Barbara L. Herwaldt
Anthrax
Kate Hendricks, Antonio R. Vieira, Chung K. Marston
B Virus (Macacine Herpesvirus 1)
D. Scott Schmid
Bartonella Infections
Christina A. Nelson
Brucellosis
María E. Negrón, Rebekah Tiller, Grishma Kharod
Campylobacteriosis...
Immunocompromised Travelers
Camille Nelson Kotton, Andrew T. Kroger, David O. Freedman
Travelers with Disabilities
Cynthia F. Hinton, John Eichwald
Travelers with Chronic Illnesses
Deborah Nicolls Barbeau, Gail A. Rosselot, Sue Ann McDevitt
Immunocompromised travelers make up 1%–2% of travelers seen in US travel clinics and pursue itineraries largely similar to those of immunocompetent travelers. The pretravel preparation of travelers with immune suppression due to any medical condition, drug, or treatment must take into consideration several issues:...
The Business Traveler
William B. Bunn
Advice for Aircrews
Phyllis E. Kozarsky
Health Care Workers, Including Public Health Researchers & Medical Laboratorians
Henry M. Wu, Alan G. Czarkowski, Eric J. Nilles
Humanitarian aid Workers
Eric J. Nilles, Brian D. Gushulak, Stephanie Kayden
US Military Deployments...
