Abstract Still an evolving field in travel medicine, psychological health has not yet been linked to tourist products that may affect travellers’ mental wellbeing. Dark tourism, the sites death, atrocities and suffering, is a product that, on one hand, attracts people with keen interest death-related attractions and, other inflict scars. Of particular concern are travellers undiagnosed or diagn...

BACKGROUND The indications for prescribing malaria chemoprophylaxis lack a solid evidence base that results in subjectivity and wide variation of practice across countries and among professionals. METHODS European experts in travel medicine, who are members of TropNetEurop, participated in a survey conducted using the Delphi method. This technique aims at evaluating and developing a consensus...

This paper addresses the realization of modularized knowledge models within a heterogeneous application domain using an existing knowledge management tool. The application domain we deal with is travel medicine, which combines medical aspects with geography, climate, holiday activities and associated traveling conditions. In this paper we present the application’s requirements and show how know...

Sir, the recent report on acute gastroenteritis, video camera and cruise ship is very interesting [1]. Diskin et al. [1] discussed on the use of “surveillance video cameras” as a possible mean to manage the problem. At present, the gastroenteritis on cruise ships becomes a new concern in travel medicine due to increased prevalence [2]. In fact, the port control of the immigrant with infectious ...

After recreational exposure to river water in Uganda, 12 (17%) of 69 persons had evidence of schistosome infection. Eighteen percent self-medicated with praziquantel prophylaxis immediately after exposure, which was not appropriate. Travelers to schistosomiasis-endemic areas should consult a travel medicine physician.

BACKGROUND Influenza viruses are among the major causes of serious human respiratory tract infection worldwide. In line with the high disease burden attributable to influenza, these viruses play an important, but often neglected, role in travel medicine. Guidelines and recommendations regarding prevention and management of influenza in travellers are scarce. Of special interest for travel medic...

McKee's laptop is always running while he travels, and he is known for his “legendary ability to write influential and original articles at lightning speed”, says Andy Haines, Professor of Public Health and Primary Care at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), where McKee is also based. As Professor of European Public Health, McKee is bold and outspoken: he issues unapolog...

Dengue is the most frequent arboviral disease and is expanding geographically. Dengue is also increasingly being reported in travellers, in particular in travellers to Thailand. However, data to quantify the risk of travellers acquiring dengue when travelling to Thailand are lacking. Using mathematical modelling, we set out to estimate the risk of non-immune persons acquiring dengue when travel...

BACKGROUND The National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC), a United Kingdom public health body, is responsible for designating nearly 3500 Yellow Fever Vaccination Centres (YFVCs) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (EWNI). In 2005, NaTHNaC established a programme of registration, training, clinical standards and audit for YFVCs following the mandate of International Health Regulati...