The role of the traveler in emerging infections and magnitude of travel.
Travel and trade have grown immensely. Travelers interact with people and microbes during their journeys, and can introduce infectious agents to new areas and populations. Studying illnesses in travelers is a source of knowledge into diseases of resource-poor regions and the control of these diseases. Travel-associated illnesses also serve to detect emerging infections.
Chen
Lin H
LH
Travel Medicine Center, Mount Auburn Hospital, 330 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02238, USA. lchen@hms.harvard.edu
Wilson
Mary Elizabeth
ME
D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D002646:Chikungunya virus; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D008457:Measles / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D014195:Travel