[Influenza and travelling]

(Grippe et voyage.)

Full Abstract

There is a risk for the traveler to acquire an exotic disease when traveling and to introduce it in non-endemic areas after returning. Influenza is a good example of such a disease. The incidence of flu in travelers is unknown. However, numerous outbreaks of flu have been reported in groups of travelers:
package tours, pilgrims, elderly people, and travel by plane or cruise ships. Nowadays vaccination against flu is not recommended in travelers unless they belong to groups at risk for flu. Nonetheless vaccination against flu is difficult to apply to travelers due to problems in vaccine availability and inadequacy between vaccine strains and strains responsible for ongoing outbreaks in the opposite hemisphere. This vaccination seems important to travelers because flu may impair their vacation. In addition, it is also interesting for the community if it limits the spread of flu worldwide.

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Author information

Author/s: Ansart, S (S); Caumes, E (E);

Affiliation: Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris cedex 13, France.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article; Review

Journal: Médecine et maladies infectieuses (Med Mal Infect), published in France. (Language: fre)

Reference: 2006-Apr; vol 36 (issue 4) : pp 190-5

Dates: Created 2006/05/08; Completed 2006/07/31; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16600553, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Influenza, Human - epidemiology; prevention & control
Male
Middle Aged
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - prevention & control
Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology
Travel
Tropical Climate
Vaccination - utilization

Associated Chemicals: Influenza Vaccines (0)

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