title: [Prevention of infectious diseases in traveling].
abstract: Diarrhea, malaria, and viral hepatitis are among the preventable diseases of travellers. In Switzerland, almost all serious cases of malaria are introduced from tropical Africa; therefore, we recommend protection with 250 mg of mefloquin per week for this destination. Elsewhere, protection against mosquitoes, in combination with Fansimef for self-treatment, may be enough. For travellers' diarrhea, we prefer immediate treatment with ciprofloxacin or cotrimoxazol to prophylaxis. Administration of immune globulin against hepatitis A may be recommended for all non-immune tourists, whereas protection against hepatitis B is necessary for health workers and sex tourists.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital cantonal universitaire, Division des maladies infectieuses, Genève.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hirschel
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000517:prevention & control; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D014195:Travel; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000517:prevention & control
vernacular_title: Prophylaxe der infektiösen Reisekrankheiten.