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Author:   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ,  Gary W. Brunette (Chief, Travelers' Health Branch, Chief, Travelers' Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 25.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 18.00cm
Weight:   1.043kg
ISBN:  

9780190628611

ISBN 10:   0190628618
Pages:   704
Publication Date:   01 June 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Boxes, Figures, Maps, and Tables, by Topic List of Maps Editorial Staff CDC Contributors External Contributors Acknowledgments In Memoriam: Dedication to Alan J. Magill Preface 1. Introduction Introduction to Travel Health & the Yellow Book Planning for Healthy Travel: CDC Travelers' Health Website and Mobile Applications Travel Epidemiology Perspectives: The Role of the Traveler in Translocation of Disease Perspectives: Why Guidelines Differ Air Travel Trends 2. The Pre-Travel Consultation The Pre-travel Consultation Perspectives: Travelers' Perception of Risk Perspectives: Prioritizing Care for the Resource-Limited Traveler Perspectives: The Need for a Cost Analysis of to Justify the Travel MedicineConsult General Recommendations for Vaccination & Immunoprophylaxis Interactions among Travel Vaccines & Drugs Perspectives: Fear of Vaccines Self-Treatable Conditions Travelers' Diarrhea Perspectives: Antibiotics in Travelers' Diarrhea -- Balancing the Risks & Benefits For the Record: A History of the Definition & Management of Travelers' Diarrhea Altitude Illness For the Record: A History of the Definition & Management of Altitude Illness Jet Lag Motion Sickness Respiratory Infections Counseling & Advice for Travelers Food & Water Precautions Perspectives: Prevention of Travelers' Diarrhea-It's Not Only WHAT You Eat & Drink Water Disinfection for Travelers Food Poisoning from Marine Toxins Protection against Mosquitoes, Ticks, & Other Arthropods Sun Exposure Problems with Heat & Cold Injury Prevention Safety & Security Animal-Associated Hazards Natural Disasters Environmental Hazards Scuba Diving Medical Tourism Discussing Complementary and/or Alternative Integrative Health Approaches with Travelers Deep Vein Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism Mental Health Travel Health Kits Perspectives: Pharmaceutical Quality & Counterfeit Falsified Drugs Obtaining Health Care Abroad for the Ill Traveler Travel Insurance, Travel Health Insurance, & Medical Evacuation Insurance 3. Infectious Diseases Related to Travel Amebiasis Angiostrongyliasis, Neurologic Anthrax B virus Bartonella Infections Brucellosis Campylobacteriosis Chikungunya Cholera Coccidioidomycosis Cryptosporidiosis Cutaneous Larva Migrans Cyclosporiasis Cysticercosis Dengue Diphtheria Ebola Virus Disease and Marburg Virus Disease Echinococcosis Escherichia coli, Diarrheagenic Fascioliasis Filariasis, Lymphatic Giardiasis Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease Helicobacter pylori Helminths, Soil-Transmitted Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis E Histoplasmosis HIV Infection Influenza Japanese Encephalitis Legionellosis (Legionnaires' Disease & Pontiac Fever) Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Visceral Leptospirosis Lyme Disease Malaria For the Record: A History of Malaria Chemoprophylaxis Measles (Rubeola) Melioidosis Meningococcal Disease Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Mumps Norovirus Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) Pertussis Pinworm (Enterobiasis, Oxyuriasis, Threadworm) Plague (Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicemic) Pneumococcal Disease Poliomyelitis For the Record: A History of Polio Eradication Efforts Q Fever Rabies Perspectives: Intradermal Rabies Preexposure Immunization Rickettsial (Spotted & Typhus Fevers) & Related Infections, including Anaplasmosis & Ehrlichiosis Rubella Salmonellosis (Nontyphoidal) Sarcocystosis Scabies Schistosomiasis Sexually Transmitted Diseases Perspectives: Sex & Tourism Shigellosis Smallpox & Other Orthopoxvirus-Associated Infections Strongyloidiasis Taeniasis Tetanus Tickborne Encephalitis Toxoplasmosis Trypanosomiasis, African (Sleeping Sickness) Trypanosomiasis, American (Chagas Disease) Tuberculosis Perspectives: Tuberculin Skin Testing of Travelers Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever Varicella (Chickenpox) Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Yellow Fever For the Record: A History of Yellow Fever Vaccine Requirements Yersiniosis Zika Virus Yellow Fever & Malaria Information, by Country 4. Select Destinations Rationale for Select Destinations Africa & The Middle East East Africa: Safaris Saudi Arabia: Hajj/Umrah Pilgrimage South Africa Tanzania: Kilimanjaro The Americas & The Caribbean Brazil Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Mexico Peru: Cusco-, Machu Picchu, and Other Regions Asia Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China India Nepal Thailand Vietnam The Middle East & North Africa Egypt & Nile River Cruises Saudi Arabia: Hajj Pilgrimage 5. Post-Travel Evaluation General Approach to the Returned Traveler Fever in Returned Travelers Persistent Travelers' Diarrhea Skin & Soft Tissue Infections in Returned Travelers Screening Asymptomatic Returned Travelers 6. Conveyance & Transportation Issues Air Travel Cruise Ship Travel Perspectives: What to Expect when Traveling during an International Outbreak Death during Travel Taking Animals & Animal Products across International Borders 7. International Travel with Infants & Children Traveling Safely with Infants & Children Vaccine Recommendations for Infants & Children Travel & Breastfeeding International Adoption 8. Advising Travelers with Specific Needs Immunocompromised Travelers Travelers with Chronic Illnesses Pregnant Travelers Travelers with Disabilities Immigrants Returning Home to Visit Friends & Relatives (VFRs) Health Care Workers Advice for Air Crews Humanitarian Aid Workers Long-Term Travelers & Expatriates Perspectives: Malaria in Long-Term Travelers & Expatriates Last-Minute Travelers Special Considerations for US Military Deployments Study Abroad & Other International Student Travel Travel to Mass Gatherings Newly Arrived Immigrants & Refugees Wilderness and Expedition Medicine Work-Related Travel Immunocompromised Travelers Appendices Appendix A: Promoting Quality in the Practice of Travel Medicine Appendix B: Travel Vaccine Summary Table Appendix C: Migrant Health Resources Index Photo credits

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""[The CDC Yellow BooK 2018] is a truly excellent and comprehensive resource"" -- Andrew Berrington, Journal of Hospital Infection

[The CDC Yellow BooK 2018] is a truly excellent and comprehensive resource * Andrew Berrington, Journal of Hospital Infection *

Author Information

About the Editor-in-Chief Gary W. Brunette, MD, MS, is Chief of the Travelers' Health Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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