![]() ![]() Department of State (travel warnings)-Internet address: Travel reference links-Internet address: Travel Health Online, Shoreland, Inc.-Internet address: Magellan's International Travel Corp.-Internet address: (telephone: 80 or 80) Box 260197, Madison, WI 53726ĬDC travel health information-Internet address: (pick Traveler's Health)ĬDC cruise ship sanitation scores-Internet address: Good Sense Health Information for Travelers, P.O. Box 11568, Philadelphia, PA 19116 telephone: 21 International SOS Assistance, Inc., travel health software-Care Ware, P.O. Travax/Windows travel health software-Shoreland, Inc., P.O. Atlanta, Ga.: American Health Consultants (updated annually and in regular supplements telephone: 80). Travel Medicine Advisor, by American Health Consultants. The Travel and Tropical Medicine Manual, Elaine C. Textbook of Travel Medicine and Health, by Herbert L. Northampton, Mass.: Travel Medicine, Inc., 1997. ![]() International Travel Health Guide, by Stuart R. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases, 1997. Health Information for International Travel, 1996–97 (“The Yellow Book”). World Health Organization, CH1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland telephone: +41 fax: +41 e-mail: Internet address: Box 2463, Indianapolis, IN 46206 telephone: 31 e-mail: Internet address: Box 11568, Philadelphia, PA 31685 telephone: 80 (travel insurance abroad) Box 871089, Stone Mountain, GA 30087 telephone: 77 e-mail: Internet address: International Society of Travel Medicine, P.O. International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers (IAMAT), 417 Center St., Lewiston, NY 14092 telephone:71 Internet address: Cedar Lane, Suite 103C, Bethesda, MD 20814 telephone: 30 Internet address: Īmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 60 Revere Dr., Suite 500, Northbrook IL 60062 telephone: 84 e-mail: Internet address: Voice Information Service-88 fax: 88 (24 hours per day)Īssociation for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT), 5413 W. Medical advice for patients planning trips abroad must be individualized and based on the most current expert recommendations. Mefloquine is recommended for those traveling to areas where malaria is resistant to prophylactic treatment with chloroquine. Malaria prophylaxis with chloroquine is indicated for travelers going to Mexico and Central America. Yellow fever immunization is indicated for travelers going to endemic areas of South America and Africa. Typhoid vaccination should be considered for travelers going to developing countries. Hepatitis A immunization should be administered to persons traveling to places other than Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and western European countries. Routine immunizations such as tetanus, measles, mumps and rubella, and influenza should be updated if necessary before the patient embarks on the trip. Using a diethyltoluamide (deet)–containing insect repellent and wearing permethrin-coated clothing can reduce the risk of malaria, yellow fever and other diseases contracted from insects. ![]() Combination therapy with a single dose of ofloxacin plus loperamide usually provides relief from travelers' diarrhea within 24 hours. The risk of travelers' diarrhea can be reduced by eating only freshly prepared, hot foods. One third of persons who travel abroad experience a travel-related illness, usually diarrhea or an upper respiratory infection. ![]()
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