TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - World Travelers A1 - Nicks, Bret A. A2 - Cydulka, Rita K. A2 - Fitch, Michael T. A2 - Joing, Scott A. A2 - Wang, Vincent J. A2 - Cline, David M. A2 - Ma, O. John PY - 2017 T2 - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 8e AB - Patients returning from travel abroad may present with fever or other symptoms of infection. The evaluation of a potential infectious disease in a returning traveler requires an understanding of the geographical distribution of infections (Table 98-1), risk factors, incubation periods, clinical manifestations, and appropriate laboratory investigations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website provides additional health information for travelers based on specific locations around the world: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list/. Some specific disease processes are covered elsewhere in this book: traveler's diarrhea, enteroviral infections, gastroenteritis, giardiasis, salmonellosis, and shigellosis are discussed in Chapters 37 and 96, anthrax and plague are discussed in Chapter 97, and malaria is discussed in Chapter 95. This chapter covers some of the other common infectious diseases that may present in patients returning from travel outside of the United States. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1143142516 ER -