TY - JOUR
T1 - Health care workers and researchers traveling to developing-world clinical settings
T2 - Disease transmission risk and mitigation
AU - Kortepeter, Mark G.
AU - Seaworth, Barbara J.
AU - Tasker, Sybil A.
AU - Burgess, Timothy H.
AU - Coldren, Rodney L.
AU - Aronson, Naomi E.
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - With the recent emphasis on funding and training opportunities for global health and humanitarian aid and the increased interest in the field, many health care workers and medical researchers are traveling from resource-replete to resource-limited settings. This type of travel brings unique disease risks not routinely considered for the business or vacationing traveler. This review provides practical advice for this special population of travelers, targeted to specific health care-related risks (needlestick, hemorrhagic fever viruses, severe viral respiratory disease, and tuberculosis), with suggestions for risk mitigation.
AB - With the recent emphasis on funding and training opportunities for global health and humanitarian aid and the increased interest in the field, many health care workers and medical researchers are traveling from resource-replete to resource-limited settings. This type of travel brings unique disease risks not routinely considered for the business or vacationing traveler. This review provides practical advice for this special population of travelers, targeted to specific health care-related risks (needlestick, hemorrhagic fever viruses, severe viral respiratory disease, and tuberculosis), with suggestions for risk mitigation.
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U2 - 10.1086/657115
DO - 10.1086/657115
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21039283
AN - SCOPUS:78649863793
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 51
SP - 1298
EP - 1305
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
IS - 11
ER -