Travel Medicine

Ann Intern Med. 2018 Jan 2;168(1):ITC1-ITC16. doi: 10.7326/AITC201801020.

Abstract

International travel can result in new illness or exacerbate existing conditions, and primary care clinicians have the opportunity to provide both pre- and posttravel health care. Providers should be familiar with destination-specific disease risks, be knowledgeable about travel and routine vaccines, be prepared to prescribe chemoprophylaxis and self-treatment regimens, and be aware of travel medicine resources.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic / prevention & control
  • Aircraft
  • Altitude Sickness / prevention & control
  • Animals
  • Barotrauma / prevention & control
  • Food Safety
  • Humans
  • Insect Bites and Stings / prevention & control
  • Primary Health Care*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control
  • Ships
  • Travel Medicine*
  • United States
  • Wounds and Injuries / prevention & control
  • Zoonoses / prevention & control