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Seasonal variation in travel health information seeking
We recently evaluated access to yellow fever centres in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland [1] and have now completed an analysis of information seeking behaviours among users of a national travel health website. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - July 15, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jakob Petersen, Hilary Simons, Lisa Ford, Dipti Patel Source Type: research

From Hajj services to Mass Gathering Medicine: Saudi Arabia formalizes a novel discipline
As 2018 hajj season nears in August 2018, the global public health community faces the challenge of preparing the pilgrims for this occasion with all the preventative measures detailed in a recently published report [1]. Advancing pilgrim hosting as a top national strategy and civic duty. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - July 15, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Qanta A. Ahmed, Shahul Ebrahim, Ziad A. Memish Source Type: research

Outbreak of West Nile Virus disease in Israel (2015): A retrospective analysis of notified cases
West Nile Virus (WNV) is mosquito-borne virus that is endemic in Israel. In 2015, national disease surveillance demonstrated a sharp increase in disease cases, with 149 cases diagnosed. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - July 15, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Matanelle Salama, Ziva Amitai, Yaniv Lustig, Zohar Mor, Miriam Weiberger, Michal Chowers, Shlomo Maayan, Oren Zimhony, Ronen Ben-Ami, Bibiana Chazan, Nelly Zaltzman-Bershadsky, Regev Cohen, Evgenia Tsyba, Rivka Sheffer, Emilia Anis, Yael Glazer, Silvia Pe Source Type: research

Rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis: A 10-year experience of vaccination in international travelers
Letter to the editor of Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - July 10, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Eugene M. Tan, Abinash Virk, Sumit K. Agarwal, Jasmine R. Marcelin Source Type: research

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This book has been on my desk for a couple of weeks now and a number of people have enquired if I am resorted to reading comics. Indeed, the front cover is in comic-book style but this is actually a valuable and yes, sometimes, comic guide to infectious disease information. The format is simple but successful. On the left-hand page, the essential information on a particular infection is briefly summarized providing the name of the infection, synonyms, causative agent, lifecycle, incubation, geographic distribution, brief description of transmission pathways, symptoms of the infection, diagnostic testing and treatment. (Sou...
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - July 2, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Patricia Schlagenhauf Tags: Book review Source Type: research

Editorial Board
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Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - July 1, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Time to recognize the positive impact and health benefits of mass gatherings
I would like to comment that although the travel medicine literature has explored health care provision at events and views mass gatherings as posing significant risks to the health of visitors [1], there is very little empirical research from a positive health perspective especially in relation to voluntary risk taking. The consumer experience of festivals, has been suggested to be an escape from the self and the disenchantment of the tedium of daily life, enabling a release and sense of freedom that people also experience when on vacation and travelling. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 26, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Cate Wood Source Type: research

Zika infection in pregnancy: Follow up and outcomes, where are all the data?
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has emerged in the Americas as a major threat for people living in tropical and subtropical areas with Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The infection also poses a risk to travelers visiting those regions [1,2]. Up to the period 2015 –2016, ZIKV caused outbreaks and epidemics in almost 50 countries and then remained as endemic in such regions where entomological and ecoepidemiological conditions were favorable [2]. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 26, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Lucia E. Alvarado-Arnez, Juan Pablo Escalera-Antezana Source Type: research

Bug Off – A website from experts at LSHTM and ARCTEC
Entomologist Professor James Logan is the Head of the Department of Disease Control and Director of the Arthropod Control Product Test Centre (ARCTEC) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). ARCTEC is a centre of excellence for entomological research and as world leaders in consultancy, evaluation and development of arthropod pest and vector control technologies they have many projects on their agenda. This includes the Global Vector Hub which is an open access, interactive resource that not only has the capacity to transform vector research and vector control programmes, but revolutionise preparedne...
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 26, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jane Chiodini Source Type: research

Mitigation of the global impact of Lassa fever: Have we investigated enough about this Arenavirus? – A bibliometric analysis of Lassa Fever research
We have read with interest the study of Gautret et al. [1], and would like to discuss how much has been investigated, based on a bibliometric analysis in three bibliographic databases. Lassa virus (LASV), the causative agent of the Lassa fever, is a member of the Arenaviridae family. LASV is transmitted to humans by the rodent reservoir Mastomys natalensis 2. It was first described in Nigeria (1969), when three missionary nurses contracted the disease. The causing virus is currently considered endemic in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, although studies suggest a wider area of endemicity including Ghana, Burkina ...
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 23, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alejandro Almeida-Guerrero, Juan C. Olaya-G ómez, Nicolás Sánchez-Ramírez, David R. Murillo-García, Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina, Guillermo J. Lagos-Grisales, Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales Source Type: research

Carriage of Blastocystis spp. in travellers - A prospective longitudinal study
A lack of prospective and longitudinal data on pre- and post-travel carriage of Blastocystis spp. complicates interpretation of a positive test post-travel. Therefore we studied dynamics of Blastocystis carriage in a cohort of Dutch travellers. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 18, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jarne M. van Hattem, Maris S. Arcilla, Constance Schultsz, Martin C. Bootsma, Nienke Verhaar, Sjoerd P. Rebers, Abraham Goorhuis, Martin P. Grobusch, John Penders, Menno D. de Jong, Tom van Gool, Aldert Bart, COMBAT consortium Source Type: research

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): Is it time to rethink HIV prevention in travelers?
Soon after the HI-Virus was discovered, condoms were found to be an effective measure to protect against HIV. The success of large-scale prevention campaigns, combined with the ‘treatment as prevention’ approach led to the control of this epidemic in most western countries. However, considering the numbers of new infections it seems as if condoms might not work for everyone and not in every situation. To use a condom, it is necessary to have one at hand and to act rati onally in a moment of ecstasy. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 18, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Benjamin Hampel, Matthias Reinacher, Jan S. Fehr Source Type: research

Chronic urticaria revealing amebiasis
A 49-year-old Ethiopian woman was admitted to our Dermatology Unit in March 2014 with a diagnosis of chronic urticaria. The patient lived in Milan, Italy, but she visited Ethiopia in July 2013. The patient stated that she was in therapy with levothyroxine for hypothyroidism and that urticaria appeared in November 2013. Furthermore, the patient declared occasional abdominal pain and diarrhoea, and weight loss (approximately 6 kg) in the last six months. Laboratory examinations, carried out at other centers, revealed blood eosinophilia [November 2013: 730 eosinophils/mm3 (=10.5%); January 2014: 1.100 eosinophils/mm3 (=15.9%)...
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 14, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Stefano Veraldi, Luisa Angileri, Luisa Carlotta Rossi Source Type: research

Football fever in Russia: Infectious disease risks and the FIFA world cup 2018
The World Cup 2018 (from June 14th to July 15th) will be held in Russia in 11 host cities (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Saransk, Sochi, Volgograd, and Yekaterinburg) that span a vast geographic area with a wide range of different climatic conditions (Table 1) and some infectious disease risks. Over three million people will participate in this mass gathering event. Sunburn, heat-related and cosmopolitan illnesses can be expected. Infections will most likely not pose major hazards for teams, fans and spectators but this editorial considers possible risks from an epidemi...
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 13, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Natalia Pshenichnaya, Eskild Petersen, Dipti Patel, Philippe Gautret, Patricia Schlagenhauf Source Type: research

The Epidemiology of Hepatitis C virus infection in African immigrants; bridging the gaps
We would like to follow up on our previous publications on the Epidemiology of Hepatitis C Virus in African immigrants Crossing to Europe from North and Sub-Saharan Africa [1]. This is to provide a better understanding of the status of HCV infection in immigrants and to identify the gaps needed to be fulfilled to understand the impact of HCV infection both at transient and hosting countries. The accurate data on the number of African immigrants in EU, the prevalence of HCV infections among them and the impact that they may have is lacking. (Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 12, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mohamed A. Daw Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research