The evolving Japanese encephalitis situation in Australia and implications for travel medicine. [PDF]
J Travel Med, 2023 The recent emergence of Japanese encephalitis in south-eastern Australia highlights the changing epidemiology of this important disease and the need for integrated surveillance to inform risk-based discussions and vaccination advice for travellers and ...
McGuinness SL, Lau CL, Leder K.
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Scope and Predictors of Travel Medicine Practice among Primary Care Physicians in Qatar. [PDF]
Prev Med Rep, 2023 In an era of globalization, travel-related illnesses have become a focus of public health concern. Pretravel consultation is an effective measure to promote healthy travel.
Al-Dahshan A +4 more
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Healthcare seeking during travel: an analysis by the GeoSentinel surveillance network of travel medicine providers. [PDF]
J Travel Med, 2023 BACKGROUND International travellers may seek care abroad to address health problems that arise during their trip or plan healthcare outside their country of residence as medical tourists.
Piyaphanee W +15 more
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Pre-travel vaccine information needs, attitudes, drivers of uptake and the role for decision aids in travel medicine. [PDF]
J Travel Med, 2023 Background Many travellers do not receive vaccines pre-travel. Tools such as vaccine decision aids could support informed vaccine decision-making. We aimed to characterise Australians’ pre-travel vaccine attitudes, behaviours and information needs and ...
McGuinness SL +4 more
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COVID-19: how can travel medicine benefit from tourism's focus on people during a pandemic? [PDF]
Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines, 2022 In 2020, COVID-19 affected every aspect of life around the globe. The spread of SARS-CoV-2 through travel led to lockdowns, travel bans and border closures, crippling the tourism industry.
Bauer IL.
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Trend Analysis of Travel Medicine Topics Presented at an International Tropical Medicine Conference. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2022 Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a rapid increase in international travel. Travel medicine is a branch of preventive medicine focusing on risk assessment pre-travel, during travel and post-travel with the aim of promoting health and preventing ...
Asawapaithulsert P +2 more
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Adaptation of travel medicine practitioners to the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey of ISTM members. [PDF]
J Travel Med, 2022 This cross-sectional study evaluated the adaptations of current International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) members in relation to the disruption caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It demonstrates that the majority of members
Acosta RW +4 more
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Monoclonal antibody applications in travel medicine. [PDF]
Trop Dis Travel Med VaccinesFor decades, immunoglobulin preparations have been used to prevent or treat infectious diseases. Since only a few years, monoclonal antibody applications (mAbs) are taking flight and are increasingly dominating this field.
de Jong HK, Grobusch MP.
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Is there an association between article citations and altmetrics in travel medicine research? [PDF]
J Travel Med, 2021 Is there an association between article citations and altmetrics in travel medicine research? Donatas Galickas, MB, BCh, BAO Candidate1,3 and Gerard T. Flaherty, MD, PhD1,2,3,* 1School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland ...
Galickas D, Flaherty GT.
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South Europe perspective of COVID-19 impact on travel medicine. [PDF]
J Travel Med, 2021 The COVID-19 crisis has drastically impacted the travel medicine field worldwide. In this perspective we have captured the challenges faced by travel clinicians in three Southern European countries: Italy, Spain and Portugal. Current practices, solutions
Gobbi F +8 more
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