Travel History
February 15th, 2021
Overview
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- Travel to other countries - especially developing countries
- Prophylaxis before travelling - vaccines, malaria prophylaxis
- Exposure to animals - especially bites or scratches
- Food intake - especially raw meat, fish, unpasteurised dairy products
- Contact with fresh water
- Contact with sick people
- Insect bites
- Sexual contacts
- Needle exposures
Significance
- Travel to certain countries is associated with increased infection risk, especially with organisms rarely seen in developed countries.
- Long plane journeys are associated with increased risk of DVT.
Important Travel-Related Infections
- Diarrhoeal illnesses - giardia, amoeba, salmonella, shigella, cryptosporidia, cyclospora
- Intestinal worms - strongyloidiasis, ascariasis, hookworm, whipworm, trichinosis, schistosomiasis
- Mosquito-borne diseases - yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, malaria, dengue fever, zika virus, chikungunya
- Rickettsial illnesses - scrub typhus, spotted fevers
- Tuberculosis
- Other bacterial infections - meningococcal meningitis, typhoid fever, diptheria, leptospirosis, brucellosis, tetanus, lyme disease
- Other viral infections - hepatitis A / B / C, HIV / AIDS, avian flu, measles, mumps, polio, rabies, ebola
- Other parasitic infections - leishmaniasis
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