Main description:

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

In the last several decades, international traffic volume has significantly increased, raising the risk of infectious diseases and their spread. In this important volume, the impact of health issues is explored in connection with travel. Not only does the book explore the risk of diseases such as H1N1 (otherwise known as swine flu), malaria, salmonella, and Legionellosis, it also addresses health regulations for travel to foreign countries, alcohol use and hospitality-related health problems and issues, medical tourism (patients seeking less expensive medical procedures in countries other than their own), and much more.

Contents:

Legionella Spp. Contamination. Stable Malaria Transmission. Party Package Travel. Cumulative Incidence of Novel Influenza A/H1N1 in Foreign Travelers. Health, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism. Eco-Medical Tourism. C&O Canal National Historical Park. Travel Patterns and Imported Plasmodium falciparum Rates. Caribbean's Forgotten Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases. Pandemic Influenza. GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Moderately Contagious Disease. New Salmonella Enteritidis Phage Types in Europe. HIV-Related Restrictions in the WHO European Region. Orthopedic Health Services in Switzerland. Malaria in Travellers to Latin America. Cryptococcus gattii in the Southeastern USA. Risk Areas for Cryptococcus gattii, Vancouver Island, Canada. Canine Vector-Borne Pathogens in Germany. Healthcare Services in Mediterranean Resort Regions. Backpacking Holidays in Australia. Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever, in The Netherlands. Infectious Disease and Purpose of Travel, Switzerland. Malaria Risk of African Mosquito Movement by Air Travel. Index.