title: Infectious disease following travel to developed regions: a snapshot of presentations to an Australian travel medicine clinic.
abstract: Much of the travel medicine literature focuses on travel to 'developing' regions by travellers from 'developed' regions; however literature about travel to developed regions is scarce. This article examines presentations to a travel medicine clinic over a 17-year period with illnesses resulting from travel to developed regions. From a cohort of general presentations to the clinic of 1077 patients, 85 patients acquired infections due to travel to developed regions, with a total of 99 infectious diagnoses made. This serves to highlight the risk of infectious disease even among travel to only developed regions, and the importance of travel advice in these situations.
authors: Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia.
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Drewett
authors: Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
authors: Karin
authors: K
authors: Leder
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019049:Developed Countries; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014195:Travel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057236:Travel Medicine
keywords: Australia; Travel medicine; developed regions; infectious disease; returned traveller; travel