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Ebola 2018 – Implications for travel health advice and relevance for travel medicine
Since 1976, in more than 40 recorded outbreaks to date, Ebola virus disease (EVD) has dramatically affected the human population across the Central African region and adjacent areas. The large West African outbreak (2013 –2015) was a game changer in many aspects, not only with regard to geographical location and the number of patients and deaths, but also in terms of the international community's response it finally triggered; albeit belatedly so. The progress made in our epidemiological and clinical understanding of the disease was immense, as well as advances in the development of an effective vaccine (e.g. (Source: Tr...
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 12, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Martin P. Grobusch, Frieder Schaumburg, Thomas Weitzel, Camilla Rothe, Thomas Hanscheid, Abraham Goorhuis Source Type: research

Diagnosis and outcomes of pregnant women with Zika virus infection in two municipalities of Risaralda, Colombia: Second report of the ZIKERNCOL study
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has emerged as a significant threat for pregnant women and newborns in populations living in or visiting Latin America. We previously reported a preliminary analysis in Sucre, Colombia, as the first group of pregnant women with RT-PCR-confirmed ZIKV (ZIKa en Embarazadas y Reci én Nacidos en COLombia, ZIKERNCOL). (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 9, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina, Valeria Ramirez-Jaramillo, Javier A. Gaviria, Gloria Mar ía González-Moreno, Juan D. Castrillón-Spitia, Alejandra López-Villegas, Estefania Morales-Jiménez, Valentina Ramírez-Zapata, German Edua Source Type: research

Stand-by antibiotics encourage unwarranted use of antibiotics for travelers ’ diarrhea: A prospective study
As antibiotics predispose travelers to acquiring multidrug-resistant intestinal bacteria, they should no longer be considered a mainstay for treating travelers' diarrhea. Stand-by antibiotics are justified as a means to avoid visits with local healthcare providers often causing polypharmacy. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 9, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Katri Vilkman, Tinja L ääveri, Sari H. Pakkanen, Anu Kantele Source Type: research

Acute respiratory distress syndrome and Plasmodium ovale malaria
A 56-year old patient was admitted to the emergency department for an hyperthermia (39  °C) evolving for 8 days. He had a long history of travels to Africa, the latest in Liberia, Ivory Coast and Senegal, but had not left France for the last 14 months. Malaria prevention was based on vector control. Chemoprophylaxis was nonsystematic. A thoracic-abdominal-pelvic scan conducted the day before admission had shown no septic focus. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 7, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Brice Guerpillon, Andr é Boibieux, Thomas Perpoint, Bernard Allaouchiche, Martine Wallon Source Type: research

From the “Madding Crowd” to mass gatherings-religion, sport, culture and public health
Human behavior has long engaged in collective behavior assembling in crowds. The Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land has been recorded since the 4th century, while the Hajj, Islam's great pilgrimage, has existed for fourteen centuries, of which a body of literature devoted to the travelogues of the Hajj has been recorded for over ten centuries. Football is a sport played worldwide by more than 1.5 million teams and in 300,000 clubs. Most however play outside of the officially organized sphere: more than 4 percent of the global population plays football, including 270 million amateur players. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 4, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Qanta A. Ahmed, Ziad A. Memish Source Type: research

From the madding crowd to mass gatherings-religion, sport, culture and public health
Human behavior has long engaged in collective behavior assembling in crowds. The Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land which has been recorded since the 4th century while the Hajj, Islam's great pilgrimage, has existed for fourteen centuries of which a body of literature devoted to the travelogues of the Hajj has existed for over ten centuries. Football, a sport played worldwide by more than 1.5 million teams and in 300,000 clubs. Most people however play outside of the officially organized sphere. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 4, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Qanta A. Ahmed, Ziad A. Memish Source Type: research

French residents are inadequately trained in the prevention of complications related to air travel
Medical issues related to air travel are estimated at about 350 annually, corresponding to 1/14,000 –40,000 passengers [1]. Specific conditions of air travel – biophysical in particular – are responsible for most of these medical issues [2,3]. In healthy subjects, the physiological impact of these situations is usually asymptomatic [1]. But air travel can put some patients (i.e. patients wit h underlying conditions and multimorbid patients) at risk of medical emergencies [2]. General practitioners (GPs) are usually the first physicians consulted before air travel [4,5]. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 4, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: D. Naouri, F. Lapostolle, C. Rondet, O. Ganansia, D. Pateron, Y. Yordanov Source Type: research

Emerging and re-emerging infectious disease training needs in Turkey
We read the paper of unusual microorganisms and antimicrobial resistances in a group of Syrian migrants in Italy [1] and we believed that it is an important problem for Turkey, too. And Turkey harbors several risk factors for the development and spread of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (ERID). (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 4, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mustafa Kursat Sahin, Gulay Sahin Source Type: research

Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in immunocompromised patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the incidence of IPD in ICPs. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 31, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mari ëlle van Aalst, Felix Lötsch, René Spijker, Jan T.M. van der Meer, Miranda W. Langendam, Abraham Goorhuis, Martin P. Grobusch, Godelieve J. de Bree Source Type: research

Title: Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in immunocompromised patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the incidence of IPD in ICPs. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 31, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mari ëlle van Aalst, Felix Lötsch, René Spijker, Jan T.M. van der Meer, Miranda W. Langendam, Abraham Goorhuis, Martin P. Grobusch, Godelieve J. de Bree Source Type: research

Acquisition of enteric pathogens by pilgrims during the 2016 Hajj pilgrimage: A prospective cohort study
Diarrhea can be frequent among Hajj pilgrims; however, data on its etiology are very limited. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 30, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Doudou Sow, Fabiola Dogue, Sophie Edouard, Tassadit Drali, S égolène Prades, Emilie Battery, Saber Yezli, Badriah Alotaibi, Cheikh Sokhna, Didier Raoult, Philippe Parola, Philippe Gautret Source Type: research

Increasing cases of HIV/AIDS in the northern region of the Colombia-Venezuela border: The impact of high scale migration in recent years
Migration and population mobility affect the epidemiology of infection, representing more than just an independent risk factor for multiple infectious diseases, as tuberculosis and HIV [1]. Regarding this last, it has been linked to an increase in the vulnerability to HIV infection of mobile people and their families, moreover, there have been identified significant differences in the population regarding its HIV status, being HIV positive individuals more likely to leave their homeplaces, move from rural areas to cities and move permanently and cyclically when compared to HIV negative individuals, highlighting the impact ...
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 29, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sergio Alejandro G ómez Ochoa Source Type: research

Competency guidance for the provision of travel health services
Travel medicine practice In the United Kingdom is largely undertaken by nurses, although in recent years a significant numbers of general practitioners and pharmacists have become involved as well. As a measure against potential public health threats of travellers returning with hepatitis A, typhoid, polio or cholera, vaccines to provide protection against these diseases are administered as a provision under our National Health Service. Other travel vaccines must be paid for out of pocket. UK travel medicine arguably began formally in 1995 with the development of a post graduate Diploma and then a Masters degree course in ...
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 26, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jane Chiodini Source Type: research

Fever, rash, and red eyes in Thailand: A diagnostic challenge
We report a case of a 29-year-old food vendor from Samut Phrakan province in central Thailand, who travels daily to Bangkok for work. She presented to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases with a high-grade fever associated with profound myalgia for 4 days. A faint maculopapular rash was observed on the trunk. In addition, hyperemia of the conjunctivae of both eyes was present as shown in Fig. 1. Her visual acuity was intact with no complaints of blurry vision or eye pain. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 24, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Hisham Ahmed Imad, Kamolthip Atsawawaranunt, Chollasap Sharma, Thitiya Poonam, Watcharapong Piyaphanee Source Type: research

Leptospira - Jaundice – soft and coiled
The many causes of hepatitis (infective jaundice) were unknown in the 19th century, including the viruses of hepatitis A, B, C, E, Epstein-Barr, and yellow fever. In 1886, Adolf Weil (1948 –1916) in Heidelberg, Germany, published 4 cases with acute fever, icterus, enlarged liver and spleen, and nephritis, a syndrome that soon became known as Weil's disease. However, it took about 30 years to discover the causative agent. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 23, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Dieter St ürchler Source Type: research