Travelers returning to their country of origin to visit friends and relatives (VFRs) have increased risk of travel-related health problems. We examined GeoSentinel data to compare travel characteristics and illnesses acquired by 3 groups of travelers to low-income countries: VFRs who had originally been immigrants (immigrant VFRs), VFRs who had not originally been immigrants (traveler VFRs), an...

BACKGROUND Respiratory tract infections frequently occur in ill returned travelers, a minority of whom present with pneumonia. The most accurate and cost-effective diagnostic work-up remains an area of uncertainty. In this retrospective cohort study, the utility of routine chest radiography was evaluated. METHODS This study was performed at the Institute for Tropical Diseases in Rotterdam and...

BACKGROUND Although there is satisfactory recording of diseases affecting travelers visiting developing countries, little is known regarding morbidity of travelers when visiting developed countries. We sought to evaluate the morbidity of foreign travelers in Zakynthos, a popular Greek island attracting large number of foreign tourists every summer. METHODS Data from foreign travelers that acc...

OBJECTIVE Traveler's diarrhea (TD) is the most frequent disease among people from industrialized countries who travel to less developed ones, especially sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia and South America. The most common bacteria causing TD is enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). The WC/rBS cholera vaccine (Dukoral) has been shown to induce cross-protection against ETEC by means of the B s...

W the economic recovery gaining momentum, travel experts predict that tourism in all regions will increase in 2010 by an estimated 3% to 4%.1 This increase in travel is forecasted to exceed 5% in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, where the risk of acquiring meningococcal disease or becoming a carrier is higher.2 When evaluating the need for vaccination in travelers, particularly for those trav...

To develop tourism products and campaigns that will not only help the industry to survive, but also revive sustain it in future, is imperative understand behavioral intentions of leisure travelers during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aims explore how Japanese traveler segments are characterized by their attitudes feelings toward domestic travel COVID-19 A market research w...

Indian tourism offers an array of tourist destinations that attract travelers from all over the world. As travelers' satisfaction is directly related with quality services provided by these industries, they are prime stakeholders. Travelers' positive only backbone commercial as well economic development industries. This study focuses on perception different age and income group about factors re...

Introduction: Travel medicine is devoted to the health of travelers who visit foreign countries. It is an interdisciplinary specialty concerned not only with prevention of infectious diseases during travel but also with the personal safety of travelers and the avoidance of environmental risks. Methods: This review examines 15 appropriate papers by PRISMA ...

We examined which respiratory pathogens were identified during screening for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in 177 symptomatic travelers returning to Ontario, Canada, from regions affected by the virus. Influenza A and B viruses (23.1%) and rhinovirus (19.8%) were the most common pathogens identified among these travelers.

We studied 2,259 German citizens after they returned from dengue-endemic countries from 1996 to 2004. Serotype-specific dengue antibodies indicated acute infections in 51 (4.7%) travelers with recent fever and 13 (1.1%) travelers with no recent fever, depending largely on destination and epidemic activity in the countries visited.