Table of Contents

Chapter 1
Introduction

• Introduction to Travel Health & the Yellow Book
• Planning for Healthy Travel: Responsibilities & Resources
• Travel Epidemiology
• Perspectives: The Role of the Traveler in Translocation of Disease
• Perspectives: Risks Travelers Face
• Perspectives: Why Guidelines Differ

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Chapter 2
The Pre-Travel Consultation

• The Pre-Travel Consultation
• General Recommendations for Vaccination & Immunoprophylaxis
• Perspectives: Vaccine Recommendations of the ACIP
• Drug-Vaccine & Drug-Drug Interactions
• Perspectives: Fear of Vaccines

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Self-Treatable Conditions

• Self-Treatable Conditions
• Travelers’ Diarrhea
• Altitude Illness
• Jet Lag
• Motion Sickness
• Respiratory Infections
• Occupational Exposure to HIV

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Counseling & Advice for Travelers

• Food & Water Precautions
• Perspectives: Prevention of Travelers’ Diarrhea—It’s Not Only WHAT You Eat & Drink
• Water Disinfection for Travelers
• Food Poisoning from Marine Toxins
• Protection against Mosquitoes, Ticks, & Other Insects & Arthropods
• Sunburn
• Problems with Heat & Cold
• Injuries & Safety
• Animal-Associated Hazards
• Natural Disasters & Environmental Hazards
• Scuba Diving
• Medical Tourism
• Deep Vein Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism
• Mental Health & Travel
• Travel Health Kits
• Perspectives: Counterfeit Drugs
• Obtaining Health Care Abroad for the Ill Traveler
• Travel Health Insurance & Evacuation Insurance

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Chapter 3
Infectious Diseases Related To Travel

• Amebiasis
• Angiostrongyliasis (Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection, Neurologic Angiostrongyliasis)
• Anthrax
• Bartonella-Associated Infections
• Brucellosis
• Campylobacter Enteritis
• Chikungunya
• Cholera
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Cutaneous Larva Migrans
• Cyclosporiasis
• Cysticercosis
• Dengue Fever & Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
• Diphtheria
• Echinococcosis
• Filariasis, Lymphatic
• Giardiasis
• Helicobacter pylori
• Helminths, Intestinal
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis E
• Histoplasmosis
• HIV & AIDS
• Human Papillomavirus
• Influenza (Seasonal, Zoonotic, & Pandemic)
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Legionellosis (Legionnaires’ Disease & Pontiac Fever)
• Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
• Leishmaniasis, Visceral
• Leptospirosis
• Lyme Disease
• Malaria
• Measles (Rubeola)
• Melioidosis
• Meningococcal Disease
• Mumps
• Norovirus
• Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)
• Pertussis
• Pinworm (Enterobiasis, Oxyuriasis, Threadworm)
• Plague (Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicemic)
• Pneumococcal Disease (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
• Poliomyelitis
• Q Fever
• Rabies
• Rickettsial (Spotted & Typhus Fevers) & Related Infections (Anaplasmosis & Ehrlichiosis)
• Rubella
• Scabies (Sarcoptic Itch, Sarcoptic Acariasis)
• Schistosomiasis
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Perspectives: Sex Tourism
• Shigellosis
• Smallpox & Other Orthopoxvirus-Associated Infections
• Strongyloidiasis
• Taeniasis
• Tetanus
• Tickborne Encephalitis
• Toxoplasmosis
• Trypanosomiasis, African (Human African Trypanosomiasis, African Sleeping Sickness)
• Trypanosomiasis, American (Chagas Disease)
• Tuberculosis
• Perspectives: Tuberculin Skin Testing of Travelers
• Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever
• Varicella (Chickenpox)
• Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
• Yellow Fever
• Yersiniosis
• Yellow Fever & Malaria Information, by Country
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Chapter 4
Select Destinations

• Rationale for Select Destinations
• The Caribbean
• China
• Cuzco–Machu Picchu, Peru
• Egypt & Nile River Cruises
• Guatemala & Belize
• Hajj Pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia
• Iguassu Falls, Brazil/Argentina
• India
• Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
• Mexico
• Nepal
• Safaris in East & Southern Africa
• South Africa

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Chapter 5
Post-Travel Evaluation

• General Approach to the Returned Traveler
• Fever in Returned Travelers
• Persistent Travelers’ Diarrhea
• Skin & Soft Tissue Infections in Returned Travelers
• Asymptomatic Post-Travel Screening

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Chapter 6
Conveyance & Transportation Issues

• Air Travel
• Cruise Ship Travel
• Perspectives: What to Expect when Traveling during an International Outbreak
• Death during Travel
• Taking Animals & Animal Products across International Borders

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Chapter 7
International Travel with Infants & Children

• Traveling Safely with Infants & Children
• Vaccine Recommendations for Infants & Children
• Travel & Breastfeeding
• International Adoption

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Chapter 8
Advising Travelers with Specific Needs

• Immunocompromised Travelers
• Travelers with Chronic Illnesses
• Pregnant Travelers
• Travelers with Disabilities
• Immigrants Returning Home to Visit Friends & Relatives (VFRs)
• Advice for Air Crews
• Humanitarian Aid Workers
• Long-Term Travelers & Expatriates
• Special Considerations for US Military Deployments
• Study Abroad
• Travel to Mass Gatherings

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Chapter 9
Health Considerations for Newly Arrived Immigrants & Refugees

• Introduction
• Before Arrival in the United States: Panel Physicians & the Overseas Medical Examination
• Arrival in the United States: Process, Health Status, & Screening of Refugees & Immigrants
• Migrant Health Resources

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Appendices
 

• Appendix A: Promoting Quality in the Practice of Travel Medicine
• Appendix B: Essential Electronic Resources for the Travel Medicine Practitioner
• Appendix C: Travel Vaccine Summary Table
• Appendix D: The HealthMap System

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List of Tables

List of Maps

List of Boxes

List of Figures