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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456298003321

Autore

Roukens Anna Helena Elvire

Titolo

Travel medicine [[electronic resource] ] : knowledge, attitude, practice and immunisation / / Anna Helena Elvire Roukens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : IOS Press, c2010

ISBN

6612601019

1-282-60101-6

9786612601019

1-60750-525-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

616.9802

Soggetti

Travelers - Diseases

Travel - Health aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Contents; Chapter outline; General introduction; Performance of self-diagnosis and standby treatment of malaria in international oilfield service employees in the field; Health preparations and travel-related morbidity of kidney transplant recipients travelling to developing countries; Symptoms of infectious diseases in travelers with diabetes: a prospective study with matched controls; Yellow fever vaccination of the elderly: the humoral immune response lagging behind; Intradermal Hepatitis B vaccination in non-responders after topical application of imiquimod (Aldara®)

Intradermally administered yellow fever vaccine at reduced dose induces a protective immune response: a randomised controlled non-inferiority trial Reduced intradermal test dose of yellow fever vaccine induces protective immunity in individuals with egg allergy; Reduced dose pre-exposure primary and booster intradermal rabies vaccination with a Purified Chicken Embryo Cell Vaccine (PCECV) is immunogenic and safe in adults; Summary and discussion; Nederlandse samenvatting; Abbreviations; Publications; Curriculum vitae

Sommario/riassunto

Addresses the subject of travel medicine and improving protection,



with regard particularly to the areas of epidemiology and prevention, morbidity and mortality, adherence to precautions, immunological responsivity and the availability of preventive measures.