Blair J E
Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Postgrad Med. 1996 Dec;100(6):159-62, 165-6, 169-72. doi: 10.3810/pgm.1996.12.133.
Every year thousands of Americans travel abroad and risk encountering diseases to which they are not normally exposed. With pretravel counseling from their physician, travelers can substantially reduce or eliminate the risk of many common travel-related infectious diseases. Patients should be informed about required and recommended vaccinations, chemoprophylaxis and other preventive measures, and strategies for self-treatment, should an infection arise during travel. Up-to-date travel health resources, including sites on the World Wide Web, can assist physicians in advising patients about immunizations and other preventive measures recommended for travel to endemic areas.
每年都有成千上万的美国人出国旅行，面临感染他们通常不会接触到的疾病的风险。通过接受医生的旅行前咨询，旅行者可以大幅降低或消除许多常见的与旅行相关的传染病风险。患者应被告知所需和推荐的疫苗接种、化学预防及其他预防措施，以及在旅行期间感染时的自我治疗策略。最新的旅行健康资源，包括万维网上的网站，可以帮助医生就前往流行地区旅行推荐的免疫接种和其他预防措施向患者提供建议。
