title: [Travel destination Asia].
abstract: Asia is one the most favourite travel destinations of Swiss travellers. Pre-travel counselling of travellers going to Asia is therefore also very common for general practitioners. This article aims to give an overview of possible health problems and their prevention while travelling to Asia.
authors.affiliation: Facharzt für Tropen- und Reisemedizin FMH, Wetzikon. robert.vdploeg@tropen-arzt.ch
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van der Ploeg
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013557:Switzerland; D014195:Travel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*