Travel Medicine and the Travel Industry

Travel Medicine: A Systematic Review

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 ...

A Brief Overview of the Specialty of Travel Medicine

Travel medicine recommendation: dengue fever and international travel.

The incidence of dengue fever, a mosquito-transmitted disease, is rising in areas frequented by Canadian tourists. A marked increase in cases has been observed over the past decade, especially in tropical and subtropical areas of Central and South America. This increased activity has recently been associated with the re-emergence of one type of the virus that has not been observed in Central Am...

Travel Medicine, 2nd Edition

The second edition of this valuable textbook highlights a dynamic specialty that integrates many disciplines. Edited by 5 internationally renowned leaders in travel medicine, the book assembles a fi ne group of authors and chapters. The print version is hard cover and comes with online access that is easy to use and fully searchable. Both versions include useful maps, tables, and fi gures, whic...

Travel Medicine in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries