Due to non-existing or limited surveillance in Africa, little is known about the epidemiology of dengue illness in the continent. Serological and virological data obtained from returning European travellers is a key complement to this often flawed information. In the past years, dengue 3 virus has emerged in West Africa and has been detected in travellers returning to Europe. The first dengue e...

The growth of e-commerce brings to foreground innovative e-based services, which heavily affect the behaviour of sea travellers. The interested parties of the maritime market (i.e., shipping companies, travel agencies, port authorities, etc.) have to take account of the new scheme and take appropriate actions in order to strengthen their presence in e-market. In this context, the paper discusse...

UNLABELLED The incidence of hepatitis A in NSW has declined in recent years, but the relative importance of risk factors remains unclear. METHODS We analysed case data from the NSW Notifiable Diseases Database from 1991 to 2006. RESULTS Hepatitis A notification rates fell from 18.9 to 1.4 cases per 100 000 between 1991 and 2006. International travel to endemic areas was the likely exposure ...

Pulmonary embolism in travellers has been described (Beighton and Richards, 1968; Horsley, Smail and Thould, 1975; Symington and Stack, 1977), but only occasionally has it been associated with travel by air. Increase in air travel, longer flights and the carriage of passengers who are unfit may cause this event, now rare but probably underdiagnosed, to occur more often. Cardiovascular morbidity...