CDC health information for international travel [[electronic resource]] : the yellow book 2014 / / editors, Gary W. Brunette ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, England, : Oxford University Press, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (678 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.4202491
• Soggetto topico: Travel - Health aspects; Vaccination; Travel
• Altri autori: BrunetteGary W
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Boxes, Figures, Maps, & Tables, by Topic; List of Maps; Editorial Staff; CDC Contributors; External Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 INTRODUCTION; Introduction to Travel Health & the Yellow Book; Planning for Healthy Travel: Responsibilities & Resources; Travel Epidemiology; Travel Medicine Data Collection: GeoSentinel & Global TravEpiNet; Perspectives: The Role of the Traveler in Translocation of Disease; Perspectives: Why Guidelines Differ; 2 THE PRE-TRAVEL CONSULTATION; The Pre-Travel Consultation; Perspectives: Risks Travelers Face ; Perspectives: Prioritizing Care for the Resource-Limited TravelerGeneral Recommendations for Vaccination & Immunoprophylaxis; Interactions among Travel Vaccines & Drugs; Perspectives: Fear of Vaccines; Self-Treatable Conditions; Self-Treatable Conditions; Travelers' Diarrhea; 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; Occupational Exposure to HIV; Counseling & Advice for Travelers; Food & Water Precautions ; Perspectives: Prevention of Travelers' Diarrhea-It's Not Only WHAT You Eat & DrinkWater Disinfection for Travelers; Food Poisoning from Marine Toxins; Protection against Mosquitoes, Ticks, & Other Insects & Arthropods; Sunburn; Problems with Heat & Cold; Injuries & Safety; Perspectives: Terrorism; Animal-Associated Hazards; Natural Disasters & Environmental Hazards; Scuba Diving; Medical Tourism; Deep Vein Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism; Mental Health & Travel; Travel Health Kits; Perspectives: Pharmaceutical Quality & Counterfeit Drugs; Obtaining Health Care Abroad for the Ill Traveler ; Travel Insurance, Travel Health Insurance, & Medical Evacuation Insurance3 INFECTIOUS DISEASES RELATED TO TRAVEL; Amebiasis; Angiostrongyliasis, Neurologic; Anthrax; Bartonella Infections; Brucellosis; Campylobacteriosis; Chikungunya; Cholera; Coccidioidomycosis; Cryptosporidiosis; Cutaneous Larva Migrans; Cyclosporiasis; Cysticercosis; Dengue; Diphtheria; Echinococcosis; Escherichia coli; Fascioliasis; Filariasis, Lymphatic; Giardiasis; Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease; Helicobacter pylori; Helminths, Soil-Transmitted; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis E; Histoplasmosis ; HIV InfectionHuman Papillomavirus; 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; Mumps; Norovirus; Onchocerciasis (River Blindness); Pertussis; Pinworm (Enterobiasis, Oxyuriasis, Threadworm); Plague (Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicemic); Pneumococcal Disease; Poliomyelitis; Q Fever; Rabies; Perspectives: Intradermal Rabies Preexposure Immunization ; Rickettsial (Spotted & Typhus Fevers) & Related Infections (Anaplasmosis & Ehrlichiosis)
• Sommario/riassunto: Health risks are real and ever-changing, especially while traveling abroad. To stay abreast of the most up-to-date health recommendations, experienced travelers and health care professionals have always relied on CDC's user-friendly Health Information for International Travel (commonly known as the The Yellow Book) as their one indispensable guide. Updated biennially by a team of almost two hundred experts-including both CDC staff and travel medicine experts--this book is the only publication that contains all of the official government recommendations for international travel. Clearly written
• Titolo autorizzato: CDC health information for international travel
• ISBN: 0-19-998994-X; 0-19-994850-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810151703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II