School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2005 May;3(2):67-75. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2004.05.002.
Travel medicine is emerging as a new multidisciplinary specialty area catering for an increasing number of travellers worldwide. Travel health advisers are engaged in the provision of pre-travel health advice, chemoprophylaxis against travel-related diseases, traveller's medical kits, and post-travel assessments and eradication treatment for various travel-related diseases. They are also in a key position to liaise with public health authorities on possible imported disease risks. In terms of risk assessment and provision of preventive measures, vector-borne diseases, in particular malaria and the arboviral diseases, stand out as major concerns for travellers, however, common problems, such as travellers' diarrhoea and respiratory tract infection, also need to be addressed. Travel and aviation medicine have many linkages, especially in terms of fitness to fly and dealing with problems that may arise in travellers due to physiological and psychological stresses of travel. In the face of recent terrorism and conflict, travel advisories have assumed great importance in travellers planning. Travel insurance remains an important safety net for travellers, which provides coverage for medical and dental treatment abroad as well as an emergency assistance service, which may include aeromedical evacuation.
旅行医学作为一个新兴的多学科专业领域，迎合了全球越来越多旅行者的需求。旅行健康顾问从事旅行前健康咨询、旅行相关疾病的化学预防、旅行者医疗包，以及旅行相关疾病的旅行后评估和消除治疗。他们还处于与公共卫生当局就可能的输入性疾病风险进行联络的关键位置。在风险评估和提供预防措施方面，虫媒疾病，特别是疟疾和虫媒病毒病，是旅行者的主要关注点，但也需要解决常见问题，如旅行者腹泻和呼吸道感染。旅行医学和航空医学有许多联系，特别是在飞行适航性方面，以及处理由于旅行的生理和心理压力而可能在旅行者身上出现的问题。面对最近的恐怖主义和冲突，旅行建议在旅行者计划中变得非常重要。旅行保险仍然是旅行者的重要安全网，它为国外的医疗和牙科治疗提供保障，以及紧急援助服务，其中可能包括航空医疗后送。
