CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

THE ESSENTIAL WORK IN TRAVEL MEDICINE -- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED FOR 2018 As unprecedented numbers of travelers cross international borders each day, the need for up-to-date, practical information about the health challenges posed by travel has never been greater. For both international travelers and the health professionals who care for them, the CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel is the definitive guide to staying safe and healthy anywhere in the world. The fully revised and updated 2018 edition codifies the U.S. government's most current health guidelines and information for international travelers, including pretravel vaccine recommendations, destination-specific health advice, and easy-to-reference maps, tables, and charts. The 2018 Yellow Book also addresses the needs of specific types of travelers, with dedicated sections on: ? Precautions for pregnant travelers, immunocompromised travelers, and travelers with disabilities ? Special considerations for newly arrived adoptees, immigrants, and refugees ? Practical tips for last-minute or resource-limited travelers ? Advice for air crews, humanitarian workers, missionaries, and others who provide care and support overseas Authored by a team of the world's most esteemed travel medicine experts, the Yellow Book is an essential resource for travelers -- and the clinicians overseeing their care -- at home and abroad.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190628635
• Artikelnr.: 48071641

Autorenporträt

About the Editor-in-Chief Gary W. Brunette, MD, MS, is Chief of the Travelers' Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Boxes, Figures, Maps, and Tables, by Topic
* List of Maps
* Editorial Staff
* CDC Contributors
* External Contributors
* Acknowledgments
* In Memoriam: Dedication to Alan J. Magill
* Preface
* 1. Introduction
* Introduction to Travel Health and the Yellow Book
* Planning for Healthy Travel: CDC Travelers' Health Website and Mobile
Applications
* Travel Epidemiology
* Perspectives: The Role of the Traveler in Translocation of Disease
* Perspectives: Why Guidelines Differ
* Air Travel Trends
* 2. The Pre-Travel Consultation
* The Pre-travel Consultation
* Perspectives: Travelers' Perception of Risk
* Perspectives: Prioritizing Care for the Resource-Limited Traveler
* Perspectives: The Need for a Cost Analysis of to Justify the Travel
MedicineConsult
* General Recommendations for Vaccination and Immunoprophylaxis
* Interactions among Travel Vaccines and Drugs
* Perspectives: Fear of Vaccines
* Self-Treatable Conditions
* Travelers' Diarrhea
* Perspectives: Antibiotics in Travelers' Diarrhea -- Balancing the
Risks and Benefits
* For the Record: A History of the Definition and Management of
Travelers' Diarrhea
* Altitude Illness
* For the Record: A History of the Definition and Management of
Altitude Illness
* Jet Lag
* Motion Sickness
* Respiratory Infections
* Counseling and Advice for Travelers
* Food and Water Precautions
* Perspectives: Prevention of Travelers' Diarrhea-It's Not Only WHAT
You Eat and Drink
* Water Disinfection for Travelers
* Food Poisoning from Marine Toxins
* Protection against Mosquitoes, Ticks, and Other Arthropods
* Sun Exposure
* Problems with Heat and Cold
* Injury Prevention
* Safety and Security
* Animal-Associated Hazards
* Natural Disasters
* Environmental Hazards
* Scuba Diving
* Medical Tourism
* Discussing Complementary and/or Alternative Integrative Health
Approaches with Travelers
* Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
* Mental Health
* Travel Health Kits
* Perspectives: Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeit Falsified Drugs
* Obtaining Health Care Abroad for the Ill Traveler
* Travel Insurance, Travel Health Insurance, and Medical Evacuation
Insurance
* 3. Infectious Diseases Related to Travel
* Amebiasis
* Angiostrongyliasis, Neurologic
* Anthrax
* B virus
* Bartonella Infections
* Brucellosis
* Campylobacteriosis
* Chikungunya
* Cholera
* Coccidioidomycosis
* Cryptosporidiosis
* Cutaneous Larva Migrans
* Cyclosporiasis
* Cysticercosis
* Dengue
* Diphtheria
* Ebola Virus Disease and Marburg Virus Disease
* Echinococcosis
* Escherichia coli, Diarrheagenic
* Fascioliasis
* Filariasis, Lymphatic
* Giardiasis
* Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
* Helicobacter pylori
* Helminths, Soil-Transmitted
* Hepatitis A
* Hepatitis B
* Hepatitis C
* Hepatitis E
* Histoplasmosis
* HIV Infection
* Influenza
* Japanese Encephalitis
* Legionellosis (Legionnaires' Disease and Pontiac Fever)
* Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
* Leishmaniasis, Visceral
* Leptospirosis
* Lyme Disease
* Malaria
* For the Record: A History of Malaria Chemoprophylaxis
* Measles (Rubeola)
* Melioidosis
* Meningococcal Disease
* Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
* Mumps
* Norovirus
* Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)
* Pertussis
* Pinworm (Enterobiasis, Oxyuriasis, Threadworm)
* Plague (Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicemic)
* Pneumococcal Disease
* Poliomyelitis
* For the Record: A History of Polio Eradication Efforts
* Q Fever
* Rabies
* Perspectives: Intradermal Rabies Preexposure Immunization
* Rickettsial (Spotted and Typhus Fevers) and Related Infections,
including Anaplasmosis and Ehrlichiosis
* Rubella
* Salmonellosis (Nontyphoidal)
* Sarcocystosis
* Scabies
* Schistosomiasis
* Sexually Transmitted Diseases
* Perspectives: Sex and Tourism
* Shigellosis
* Smallpox and Other Orthopoxvirus-Associated Infections
* Strongyloidiasis
* Taeniasis
* Tetanus
* Tickborne Encephalitis
* Toxoplasmosis
* Trypanosomiasis, African (Sleeping Sickness)
* Trypanosomiasis, American (Chagas Disease)
* Tuberculosis
* Perspectives: Tuberculin Skin Testing of Travelers
* Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever
* Varicella (Chickenpox)
* Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
* Yellow Fever
* For the Record: A History of Yellow Fever Vaccine Requirements
* Yersiniosis
* Zika Virus
* Yellow Fever and Malaria Information, by Country
* 4. Select Destinations
* Rationale for Select Destinations
* Africa and The Middle East
* East Africa: Safaris
* Saudi Arabia: Hajj/Umrah Pilgrimage
* South Africa
* Tanzania: Kilimanjaro
* The Americas and The Caribbean
* Brazil
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Haiti
* Mexico
* Peru: Cusco-, Machu Picchu, and Other Regions
* Asia
* Burma (Myanmar)
* Cambodia
* China
* India
* Nepal
* Thailand
* Vietnam
* The Middle East and North Africa
* Egypt and Nile River Cruises
* Saudi Arabia: Hajj Pilgrimage
* 5. Post-Travel Evaluation
* General Approach to the Returned Traveler
* Fever in Returned Travelers
* Persistent Travelers' Diarrhea
* Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Returned Travelers
* Screening Asymptomatic Returned Travelers
* 6. Conveyance and Transportation Issues
* Air Travel
* Cruise Ship Travel
* Perspectives: What to Expect when Traveling during an International
Outbreak
* Death during Travel
* Taking Animals and Animal Products across International Borders
* 7. International Travel with Infants and Children
* Traveling Safely with Infants and Children
* Vaccine Recommendations for Infants and Children
* Travel and Breastfeeding
* International Adoption
* 8. Advising Travelers with Specific Needs
* Immunocompromised Travelers
* Travelers with Chronic Illnesses
* Pregnant Travelers
* Travelers with Disabilities
* Immigrants Returning Home to Visit Friends and Relatives (VFRs)
* Health Care Workers
* Advice for Air Crews
* Humanitarian Aid Workers
* Long-Term Travelers and Expatriates
* Perspectives: Malaria in Long-Term Travelers and Expatriates
* Last-Minute Travelers
* Special Considerations for US Military Deployments
* Study Abroad and Other International Student Travel
* Travel to Mass Gatherings
* Newly Arrived Immigrants and Refugees
* Wilderness and Expedition Medicine
* Work-Related Travel
* Immunocompromised Travelers
* Appendices
* Appendix A: Promoting Quality in the Practice of Travel Medicine
* Appendix B: Travel Vaccine Summary Table
* Appendix C: Migrant Health Resources
* Index
* Photo credits