Abstract
Travel medicine is a new interdisipinary field that has as its primary goal-keeping travelers healthy and alive. In addition the specialty tends to minimize impact of illnesses and accidents by various means of self treatment.The art of travel medicine lies in the careful selection of necessary preventive strategies while avoiding those measures that may cause unnecessary adverse effects, costs or inconvience.One basic precept is that future travelers should not be proteced against rare disease while simulatnously being left to frequently exposed diseases of comparable severity
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Letter to EditorArticle History: Received: 27 Oct. 2015; Accepted: 19 Nov. 2015; Online Published: 10 Apr. 2016 Cite this article as: Antony SJ, Ho C
Dear Editor The knowledge base of Travel Medicine and the opportunities for disease control and elimination are being currently developed and described
New vaccines and preventive/curative drugs are becoming available as a result of well-controlled clinical trials
Summary
Article History: Received: 27 Oct. 2015; Accepted: 19 Nov. 2015; Online Published: 10 Apr. 2016 Cite this article as: Antony SJ, Ho C. A brief overview of the specialty of travel medicine for the primary care physician. Dear Editor The knowledge base of Travel Medicine and the opportunities for disease control and elimination are being currently developed and described. New vaccines and preventive/curative drugs are becoming available as a result of well-controlled clinical trials. As new threats emerge (i.e. AIDS, Legionnaires’ disease, and hemorrhagic colitis) and travelers embark on more complex itineraries, additional approaches are needed by those working in Travel Medicine. Humanitarian efforts, military leave, or globalization of industry, travelers are at increased health risk. The CDC approximates that 30 to 60 percent of these travelers, an estimated 15 million people, become ill due to their travels [3, 4]. Travelers should receive protection against vaccine-preventable exotic diseases, and immunity against common infectious diseases.
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