title: [Vaccination for international travelers].
abstract: Traveler's vaccination is one of the key strategies for the prevention of infectious diseases during international travel. The risk of acquiring an infectious disease is determined in each case by the characteristics of the traveler and the travel, so the pre-departure medical advice of the traveler must be individualized. The World Health Organization classifies travelerś vaccines into three groups. - Vaccines for routine use in national immunization programs: Haemophilus influenzae type b, hepatitis B, polio, measles-mumps-rubella, tetanus-diphtheria-whooping a cough, and chickenpox. - Vaccinations required by law in certain countries before to enter them: yellow fever, meningococcal disease and poliomyelitis. - Vaccines recommended depending on the circumstances: cholera, japanese encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, meningococcal disease, typhoid fever, influenza, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rabies and BCG. This review is intended to introduce the reader to the field of international vaccination.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: M Pilar
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Arrazola
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Clínica La Luz, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Almudena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Referencia Nacional para Enfermedades Tropicales, Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España. Electronic address: rogelio.lopezvelez@salud.madrid.org.
authors.forename: Rogelio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: López-Vélez
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D014195:Travel; D014611:Vaccination; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: Enfermedades infecciosas; Infectious diseases; Medicina de los viajes; Prevención; Prevention; Travel medicine; Vaccines; Vacunas