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Spontaneous Mycobacterium bolletti skin abscesses — An underrecognized zoonosis from raw bovine milk
Cutaneous mycobacterial infections are a source of substantial burden of disease in both developed and developing countries. Leprosy, cutaneous tuberculosis, and Buruli ulcer are the leading cutaneous mycobacterial diseases. However, over the last few decades, there is an increasing recognition of rapidly growing mycobacterial infections as important causes of chronic skin and soft tissue infections. Although most cutaneous infections are trauma or surgery related; traveling may pose an additional risk to develop this infection. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - February 1, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Andr és F. Henao-Martínez, Nancy Olague, Carlos Franco-Paredes Source Type: research

Ayahuasca: A risk for travellers?
Infectious diseases in travellers have been described [1] but there are also non-infectious threats to travellers' health and safety. Currently, over 31 million international tourists to South America enjoy a wide range of destinations and activities involving various degrees of risk. Most will learn of one particular risk only from media headlines, such as ‘died at retreat in Peru after drinking tea at ceremony’, or ‘died after taking hallucinogenic drug ayahuasca’. Apart from getting names, ages, nationalities of the deceased and the location right, these sensationalistic reports usually brim with factual errors....
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - January 21, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Irmgard L. Bauer Source Type: research

Diarrhea and related factors among passengers on world cruises departing from Japan
Despite growth in the number of cruises worldwide, evidence about diarrhea experienced by cruise ship passengers remains sparse. We investigated rates of diarrhea and related factors among passengers on world cruises departing from Japan. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - January 21, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Michiyo Yamakawa, Megumi Sasai, Yosuke Kasai, Toshihide Tsuda, Etsuji Suzuki Source Type: research

Health risks and precautions for visitors to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
In 2020, Japan will host the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 (Tokyo 2020) which will involve a large population influx from various countries to Tokyo, the most populated city in Japan. We summarize the potential health risks for visitors to Tokyo 2020, related to communicable disease risks and other health threats, based on recent national and local surveillance reports. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - January 19, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sachiko Nakamura, Koji Wada, Naoki Yanagisawa, Derek R. Smith Source Type: research

Pocket-size point-of-care ultrasound in rural Uganda — A unique opportunity “to see”, where no imaging facilities are available
In the developing world, only a small minority of patients have access to radiological services. Over the past decade, technological developments of ultrasound equipment have led to the emergence of point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS), which is widely used by healthcare professionals of nearly all specialties. We hypothesized that physicians with only basic POCUS training, but with telemedicine support, can use POCUS successfully in rural hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - January 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Danny Epstein, Neta Petersiel, Erez Klein, Erez Marcusohn, Eyal Aviran, Reut Harel, Zaher S. Azzam, Ami Neuberger, Lior Fuchs Source Type: research

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Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - January 1, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

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Mapping the residual incidence of taeniasis and cysticercosis in Colombia, 2009 –2013, using geographical information systems: Implications for public health and travel medicine
In Colombia, taeniasis and cysticercosis have been significantly reduced over the past decades, however still reported with implications for public health and travel medicine. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - December 27, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alfonso J. Rodr íguez-Morales, María Camila Yepes-Echeverri, Wilmer F. Acevedo-Mendoza, Hamilton A. Marín-Rincón, Carlos Culquichicón, Esteban Parra-Valencia, Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina, Ana Flisser Tags: Original article Source Type: research