For an estimated 10 million trips abroad by U.S. residents in 2002, "visiting friends and relatives" (VFR) was a purpose for travel. Made up largely of foreign-born U.S. residents and their children, this population shows disparities in the number of reported cases of many preventable travel-related illnesses compared with people who travel for other purposes, such as tourism. High-risk illness...

WHY IS SURVEILLANCE OF TRAVEL-ASSOCIATED INFECTION IMPORTANT? Foreign travel by UK residents is increasing, especially to destinations with more tropical climates that are often lowincome countries with a high burden of infectious diseases. In 2003, 61.4 million visits abroad were made by UK residents; this is greater than the estimated UK population for that year and nearly three times the num...

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...

The literature on international travellers with psychiatric disorders is limited. This perspective article highlights various travel-related aspects of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including its aetiological association with maternal migration, the difficulties faced by long-term travelers with autistic children, and the facilitation of international travel for autistic individuals by the tr...

BACKGROUND The annual number of international tourist arrivals has recently exceeded one billion, yet surprisingly few studies have characterized travelers' behavior, illness, and risk factors in a prospective setting. Particularly scarce are surveys of data spanning travel, return, and follow-up of the same cohort. This study examines behavior and illness among travelers while abroad, after re...

International travel has become increasingly common and accessible, hence, about two billion passengers undertake international and domestic air travel each year. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a serious public health disorder which may occur following prolonged travel, especially after air travel. A direct relation between VTE development and prolonged travels has been documented, while some ...