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An ulcer on the lower lip
A 73-year-old woman was admitted to our Dermatology Unit because of an ulcer on the lower lip. The patient stated that she was in good general health, except for essential arterial hypertension, for which she was in therapy with nifedipine (10 mg/day). She also declared that the ulcer had appeared approximately three weeks before (one month after a trip to Israel), and that it rapidly enlarged up to the current morphology and size. Dermatological examination showed the presence of an ulcer with irregular shape, 1.2  × 0.8 cm in size, with fibrinous bed and well defined borders (Fig. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 22, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Stefano Veraldi, Giovanni Genovese, Raffaele Gianotti, Gianluca Nazzaro Source Type: research

Federal travel restrictions to prevent disease transmission in the United States: An analysis of requested travel restrictions
Individuals with certain communicable diseases may pose risks to the health of the traveling public; there has been documented transmission on commercial aircraft of tuberculosis (TB), measles, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Federal public health travel restrictions (PHTR) prevent commercial air or international travel of persons with communicable diseases that pose a public health threat. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 22, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: M. Robynne Jungerman, Laura A. Vonnahme, Faith Washburn, Francisco Alvarado-Ramy Tags: Original article Source Type: research

Evaluation of the scientific production on HIV in indigenous people, from 1989 to 2016
Infectious disease have been shown to threaten and even destroy indigenous populations [1]. The problems of the indigenous people are of all kinds, from the lack of means for subsistence in the absence of real presence in the political scene and the physical and mental weakening of the communities by the presence of numerous diseases, among them the infections of Sexual transmission [2]. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 21, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Carlos Miguel Rios-Gonz ález Source Type: research

Cross-border healthcare: Implementation of Directive 2011/24/EU and National Contact Point in Italy
We have read with great interest the article “Self-reported illness among Boston-area international travelers: A prospective study” [1]. Authors start with an observation that as global travel continues to grow, with international tourist arrivals reaching 1.1 billion in 2014, the number of travelers becoming ill during or after travel cou ld also increase. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 20, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Isabel Pirillo, Francesco Amenta, Ascanio Sirignano, Giovanna Ricci Source Type: research

Travellers' Malaria - Horizons 202X
Anopheles, plasmodia and people – malaria owes its wide distribution to travellers, be they early hominids, colonists, conquistadores, slaves, explorers, migrants or tourists. Malaria in travellers is a multi-dimensional and complex theme. Who gets malaria? Where do they get it? How can it be prevented? Are there any new approac hes? What is on the horizon? This special themed issue “Travellers' Malaria” in Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease features many articles pertaining to the prevention and importation of malaria in travellers. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 14, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Patricia Schlagenhauf, Eskild Petersen, Martin P. Grobusch Tags: Editorial Source Type: research