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Imported eosinophilic fever with myositis: A diagnostic challenge
A 39-year-old caucasian man presented to our hospital in Barcelona with fever, dry cough, headache and weight loss of 4 kg. Symptoms started 5 days after returning from a 21-day travel to Malaysia. His physical examination was unremarkable except for a splenomegaly. Laboratory tests showed mild elevation of transaminases, elevated levels of lactate dehydrogenase (468 UI/L) and a normal blood cell count. Blood cultures, thick and thin blood smear and serologic tests for dengue, chikungunya, HIV, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, herpes virus 6, parvovirus B19, Toxoplasma spp and Rickettsia conorii were negative. (Source:...
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 23, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Daniel Camprub í, Natalia Rodriguez-Valero, Irene Losada, Josep Maria Grau-Junyent, Jose Muñoz Source Type: research

Leptospira - Jaundice – soft and bent
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

Dogs as sentinels for distribution of spotted-fever group rickettsiae in Slovakia
Recently, countries of Central and Northern Europe, including Slovakia, have experienced an increased incidence of rickettsiae, however, the real impact of rickettsial diseases in Europe is still not known [1,2]. Dogs are important companion animals that are often travelling with their owners and are frequently exposed to ticks infected with various infectious agents causing disease in humans. Thus, dogs gain increasing public attention as they may be indicators for the occurrence and spread of tick-borne diseases, including rickettsioses [3]. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 22, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Nat ália Lieskovská, Lenka Minichová, Rastislav Šorf, Eva Gacíková, Erika Vrbová, Mária Kazimírová, Zuzana Sekeyová Source Type: research

Ophthalmomyiasis externa due to Oestrus ovis in a traveller returning from Greece
We read with interest the report of a French patient presenting with cutaneous myiasis after travel to French Guyana [1]. Indeed, myiasis is a frequent condition in returning travellers and may pose a diagnostic challenge to physicians unacquainted with this infestation, especially in non-endemic countries and if organs other than the skin are involved [2]. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 21, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Fabian N. Fries, Max Pattm öller, Berthold Seitz, Fabian Berger, Helge Kampen, Nóra Szentmáry, Sören L. Becker Source Type: research

Jetlag related sleep problems and their management: A review
We reviewed Jetlag, particularly in view of its effects on sleep and how it can be managed. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 19, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Cemal Cingi, Ismet Emrah Emre, Nuray Bayar Muluk Source Type: research

Jetlag related sleep problems and its management: A review
We reviewed Jetlag, particularly in view of its effects on sleep and how it can be managed. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 19, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Cemal Cingi, Ismet Emrah Emre, Nuray Bayar Muluk Source Type: research

Travel-related health problems in the immunocompromised traveller: An exploratory study
Immunocompromised travellers (ICTs) are at increased risk of travel-related health problems. Therefore, they are advised to attend specialised pre-travel clinics for advise on vaccination, malaria chemoprophylaxis and on demand antibiotics. However, studies yield conflicting data regarding travel-related health problems encountered by ICTs; questioning the rationale for certain advises, and particularly the advice of on demand antibiotics. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 12, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mari ëlle van Aalst, Marella C.E. van Ruissen, Roos Verhoeven, Godelieve J. de Bree, Abraham Goorhuis, Martin P. Grobusch Source Type: research

Evaluation of automated loop-mediated amplification (LAMP) for routine malaria detection in blood samples of German travelers – A cross-sectional study
We assessed a commercial loop-mediated amplification (LAMP) platform for its reliability as a screening tool for malaria parasite detection. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 12, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Hagen Frickmann, Rebecca Hinz, Sandra Rojak, Insa Bonow, Stefanie Ruben, Christine Wegner, Iris Zielke, Ralf Matthias Hagen, Egbert Tannich Source Type: research

Travel-related leptospirosis in the Netherlands 2009 –2016: An epidemiological report and case series
Leptospirosis is a potentially fatal zoonotic disease that is prevalent in travellers. Here, we describe epidemiological and diagnostic characteristics of all returning travellers diagnosed with leptospirosis in the Netherlands between 2009 and 2016. Furthermore, we present a detailed clinical case series of all travellers with leptospirosis who presented at the Academic Medical Center (AMC) in the same period. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 10, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sophia G. de Vries, Maud M.I. Bekedam, Benjamin J. Visser, Cornelis Stijnis, Pieter P.A.M. van Thiel, Mich èle van Vugt, Abraham Goorhuis, Jiri F.P. Wagenaar, Martin P. Grobusch, Marga G.A. Goris Source Type: research

Yellow fever in Brazil: Epidemiological aspects and implications for travelers
The current epidemiological situation of yellow fever (YF) in Brazil constitutes a public health emergency, due to the potential threat of the re-urbanization of YF in this country. The last report of transmission of urban YF in Brazil was described in 1942, in the state of Acre in the northern region of the country. Since then, wild, non-urban transmission has come to predominate with cyclical outbreak records at regular intervals of five to seven years as observed up to 1997 [1]. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 8, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: T ânia do Socorro Souza Chaves, Tomas Orduna, Alejandro Lepetic, Alejandra Macchi, Sergio Verbanaz, Alejandro Risquez, Cecilia Perret, Sofía Echazarreta, Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales, Susana Cristina Lloveras Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

The threat of meningococcal disease during the Hajj and Umrah mass gatherings: A comprehensive review
The Hajj and Umrah mass gatherings represent many of the risk factors for meningococcal disease and have historically been associated with both local and international outbreaks of the disease. The implementation of strict preventative measures including mandatory meningococcal vaccination with the quadrivalent (A,C,Y,W) vaccine has prevented pilgrimage-associated meningococcal outbreaks and significantly reduced the incidence of the disease at these events. However, meningococcal disease remains an important public health threat at the Hajj and Umrah due in part to the evolving nature of the disease, characterized with di...
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 8, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Saber Yezli Source Type: research

D-dimer levels in non-immune travelers with malaria
Elevated serum D-dimer levels may reflect endothelial activation, which in malaria may correlate with parasite biomass and disease severity. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 8, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Meltzer Eyal, Keller Shlomit, Shmuel Stienlauf, Schwartz Eli Source Type: research

Dating apps and increased sexual risk behaviors while traveling: Challenges and opportunities for public health
Geosocial networking applications (apps) on smartphones have become an increasingly common platform to meet sexual partners among both heterosexual and homosexual populations. These apps include Tinder, Grindr, Badoo, Once, OkCupid, Happn, Match.com and many others, each with some variation in specific focus and target audience. Users can easily and freely find sexual partners who are geographically nearby anytime and anywhere as long as they carry their mobile phones. Recently, concern has been raised due to the suspicion that the use of dating apps is associated with high sexual risk behaviors and the acquisition of sexu...
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 3, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Yeimer Ortiz-Mart ínez, Andrea Buelvas-Pérez, Andonys Martínez-Torres, Kevin Vásquez-Rada, Andrés E. Carrascal-Angelo Source Type: research

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

The LGBT community and HIV: An incorrect medical judgment
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) data, during 2016 about 36.7 million people living with the AIDS virus (PLWHA) were registered around the world, being 1.8 million the totality of new cases [1]. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 1, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ginno Alessandro De Benedictis Serrano, Carlos Miguel Rios Gonz ález Source Type: research