WEB SITES

http://www.tripprep.com

Gives a guided overview of travel health & safety-including vaccines, special needs' patients e.g. diabetic, HIV-infected, etc. Lists travel medicine providers.

http://www.travelsafely.com

World Traveler, sponsored by Havrix (Smith Kline Beacham) Includes topics such as travel health risks, Hepatitis FAQs; and a directory of travel health clinics.

http://www.istm.org

International Society of Travel Medicine. (See also Journal of Travel Medicine under Books/Journals/Articles). This is the largest organized body of professionals devoted to advancing the specialty of travel medicine. Includes travel clinics.

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/destinat.htm

Most recognized and comprehensive travel health reference, with considerable AIDS/HIV information.

http://www.outandabout.com

Click on Les-Bi-Gay travel health. Useful recommendations for keeping healthy while traveling, with some emphasis on HIV+ travelers and anyone with a compromised immune immune system, gay women and men, legal issues of domestic partners, immigration and insurance issues.

http://www.thetraveldoctor.net

Detailed and current health information regarding health matters pertinent to their itineraries and appropriate vaccinations, prescriptions, and services.

http://www.who.int/ith/english/index.htm

International travel and health: vaccination requirements and health advice. Situation as of 01/01/01.

http://www.webmd.com

Heavily consumer-oriented. Search “Travel Medicine;” and articles are listed by greatest relevancy.

http://healthlink.mcw.edu/travel-links.html

Medical College of Wisconsin Physicians and Clinics Travel Health Links. Includes an alphabetical listing of topics, with dates. Very extensive links.

http://www.vh.org/Providers/Textbooks/TravelMedicine/TravelMedHP.html

Nettleman, Mary D. and Stephen Sigworth, eds. Emporiatrics: An introduction to travel medicine. 3rd ed. 2000. An e-book that provides basic information for clinicians interested in the prevention of travel-related illness.

http://www.hsc.unt.edu/clinics/itmc/travel.htm

The International Travel Medicine Clinic, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. Includes topics as travel health planner; food and beverage precautions; and medical care in a foreign country.

http://www.travmed.com

Offers comprehensive information for safe travel. Includes a selection from the 12th ed. (latest ed., 2001) of the International Travel HealthGuide by Stuart R. Rose. This guide provides up-to-date information on a broad range of topics in the field of travel medicine. Chapters can be downloaded for free in PDF format.

http://www.merck.com/disease/travel

Because travel outside the U.S. often means being introduced to health risks not found here at home, all travelers need to take certain preventative measures to ensure their safety and health. From pre-trip planning to common-sense travel tips, it is the goal of this website to provide information that will help protect the traveler from unexpected difficulties and diseases while traveling. There is also a link to Travel and Travel Health-related Resources on the Internet.

http://www.travelhealthline.com

The International Travel Healthline offers customized and current travel advisory reports for the international traveler. These reports are indeed a “must-have” for visitors to countries where health, safety, or personal security risks may exist. The Healthline is known around the world and is recommended by numerous physicians, employers, international organizations, and travel agents in all states. Information is either commercially produced or free.

BOOKS/JOURNALS/ARTICLES

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America,12:2,June, 1998.

Entire volume devoted to travel medicine including: Internet Resources, Ethnic Minority Travelers, and Screening Returned Traveler issues.

Health information for international travel. Atlanta, Ga.: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, Center for Prevention Services, Quarantine Division; Washington, D.C.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs. U.S. G.P.O. Published as a supplement to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Downloadable for free. A.k.a. the “Yellow Book;” a very key in-depth reference of the CDC.

Jong, Elaine C. and Russell McMullen. Travel and Tropical Medicine Manual. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2001.

Handbook for the clinician treating patients who travel, or who come from other countries. Emphasizes prevention, evaluation and management.

Journal of Travel Medicine. B.C. Decker, Inc.

Official publication of the International Society of Travel Medicine and the Asia Pacific Travel Health Association. Now indexed in MEDLINE.

The Medical Clinics of North America, 83:4, July, 1999.

Entire volume devoted to travel medicine including: Immunizations for International Travelers, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Considerations for the Returning Traveler, and Refugee and Immigrant Care.

Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics. Advice for Travelers on CD-ROM.

Available by subscription. Contains monthly health warnings; customized travel reports, etc.

Rose, Stuart R. International travel health guide. 12th ed. Northampton, MA: Travel Medicine, 2001.

Includes discussions ranging from jet lag, parasitic infections, fever in the returned traveler, etc.

Ryan, E.T.; Kain, K.C. “Health advice and Immunizations for travelers.” New England Journal of Medicine 342:1716-1725. June 8, 2000.

Review article discussing illnesses associated with travel, precautions for travelers to the developing world; sexually transmitted diseases; immunizations; and the need for consultation in particular regard for high-risk or adventure travel.

Wilson-Howarth, J. Bugs Bites & Bowels. London, Cadogan Guides. 1999.

Practical advice for travelers, wherever their destination, or where proper medical facilities may not be available. Such runs the gamut of bites, skin infections, lower gastrointestinal troubles, hazards of heat, altitude sickness, etc.

Wilson-Howarth, Jane. Shitting pretty: how to stay clean and healthy while traveling. San Francisco: Travelers' Tales, 2000.

Dr. Wilson-Howarth advises readers on eating, drinking and how to minimize health risks. She also goes to considerable lengths on how best to negotiate the often-formidable “culture of the loo.”

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