title: Immunization in travel medicine.
abstract: The specialty of travel medicine encompasses a broad and dynamic practice. A thorough pretravel consultation provides an individual with a comprehensive, evidence-based, contextual discussion of the risk profile for specific itinerary-based, travel-related illness and injury, allowing the traveler to use this information in conjunction with his or her personal health belief model, risk tolerance, and experience to decide on an informed management plan. This article focuses on the pretravel consultation with emphasis on the contribution of immunization to traveler's health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, PENN Travel Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. suzanne.shepherd@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Suzanne Moore
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: William Hudson
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Shoff
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D057236:Travel Medicine; D014481:United States
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