Pre-travel advice at a crossroad: Medical preparedness of travellers to South and Southeast-Asia - The Hamburg Airport Survey

Specific travel-related recommendations exist for the prevention or self-treatment of infectious diseases contracted by travellers to the tropics. In the current study, we assessed the medical preparedness per these recommendations, focusing on utilization of antidiarrheal and antimalarial medication and stratified by type of pre-travel advice.

Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - July 18, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Thierry Rolling, Melina M ühlenpfordt, Marylyn M. Addo, Jakob P. Cramer, Christof D. Vinnemeier Tags: Original article Source Type: research