Commercializing diarrhea vaccines for travelers.
Continued growth in international travel and forecasts for a great increase in the number of people who travel from industrialized to emerging and developing countries make it necessary to develop and improve the capacity to provide health protection to travelers. Measures available to prevent some diseases include a currently limited number of marketed vaccines which represent extremely useful tools to protect travelers. Travelers very often experience diarrheal and gastrointestinal diseases for which some vaccines are available. Use of these vaccines should be evaluated based on traveler and travel destination and characteristics. Vaccines available include those against cholera, typhoid fever, hepatitis A, hepatitis E (only available in China), and rotavirus. The aim of this review is to provide an updated summary about each of the abovementioned vaccines that may be useful for making decisions regarding their use and assessing their indications in recommendations for travelers.
International Vaccination Center (IVC); Málaga, Spain; Department Medicine Preventive and Public Health; University of Malaga; Malaga, Spain.
Rosa
R
López-Gigosos
International Vaccination Center (IVC); Málaga, Spain.
Marina
M
Segura-Moreno
International Vaccination Center (IVC); Málaga, Spain.
Rosa
R
Díez-Díaz
International Vaccination Center (IVC); Málaga, Spain.
Elena
E
Plaza
Department Medicine Preventive and Public Health; University of Malaga; Malaga, Spain.
Alberto
A
Mariscal
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D014195:Travel; D057236:Travel Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology*
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D014765:Viral Vaccines
cholera; commercializing vaccines; hepatitis A; hepatitis E; rotavirus; traveler’s diarrhea; typhoid fever; vaccines