Problems of infections relating to international travel.
Every year we see an increasing number of people travelling overseas. Whilst many confine their travel to Europe, South East Asia and North America, more and more people are visiting other less familiar countries where diseases not encountered in Australia occur. An awareness of the existence of such diseases and appropriate precautions against them should minimize the risk of infection.
D000818:Animals; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007835:Lassa Fever / Q000453:epidemiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D008379:Marburg Virus Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D010930:Plague / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology; D012899:Smallpox / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000453:epidemiology