title: [Medical advice for the traveller].
abstract: Pretravel advice should minimize a traveller's health risk and enable him or her to handle most minor medical problems, as well as know when to consult a doctor, both during a trip and after he or she has returned home. The first step is an individual risk assessment based on an analysis of the traveller's health condition and a review of the itinerary. Then appropriate vaccines should be selected and information about prevention of travel-associated diseases and accidents, chemoprophylaxis and self-treatment should be provided.
authors.affiliation: Arhus Universitetshospital, Skejby Sygehus, Infektionsmedicinsk Afdeling Q, Arhus N. csr@sks.aaa.dk
authors.forename: Carsten Schade
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: Bjørn K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Krølner
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D014195:Travel; D014611:Vaccination