BACKGROUND In recent years, requests for rabies immunoglobulin have increased at Amsterdam's Academic Medical Center's travel clinic. Travellers who received rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) before travel departure have immunological memory that can quickly be activated by timely booster vaccinations after possible exposure to rabies. PrEP alleviates the need for costly and scarcely avail...

BACKGROUND An estimated 30-60 % of travelers experience an illness while traveling. The incidence of travel-related illness can be reduced by preventive measures such as those provided by the Traveler Health Clinic (THC) in Kuwait. METHODS The present study is an analytical comparative study between groups of travelers visiting the THC during the study period (May 2009 - December 2010) and an...

BACKGROUND Influenza is a common infection among travelers, and attack rates are well documented in short-term travelers and holiday makers. Little data exists on long-term, non-expatriate travelers. METHODS This was a prospective mono-centre study of immunocompetent, Dutch travelers aged ≥18 to 64 years. It was conducted at the Public Health Service travel clinic in Amsterdam from December 2...

A central component of mind wandering is mental time travel, the calling to mind of remembered past events and of imagined future ones. Mental time travel may also be critical to the evolution of language, which enables us to communicate about the non-present, sharing memories, plans, and ideas. Mental time travel is indexed in humans by hippocampal activity, and studies also suggest that the h...

Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) plays an important role in intelligent transportation systems; it assists travelers with pre-trip and en route travel information to improve the convenience, safety and efficiency of travel. In this paper we present a highway ATIS system which provides more decisive and valuable travel information than conventional ATIS systems by integrating it with...

Patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) face many challenges when traveling, but these challenges can be minimized by pre-travel education, organization, and planning. PD nurses play an important role in helping patients on peritoneal dialysis understand that travel can continue to be a part of their lives and in helping them prepare for, plan, and organize their travel experiences.