Asia/Pacific International Conference on Travel Medicine

http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec19341/index.htm This is part of a lecture series on Travel Medicine by Dr. Peter Leggat for James Cook University, Australia….

I recently attended the AAFP Scientific Assembly in San Diego, where I met the team at Travel Clinics of America. …

http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/risk_map/ CDC Malaria Risk Map The CDC just released a new Malaria Risk Map that is interactive and pretty cool….

It appears that recent flooding in Nicaragua has caused an increase in reported/diagnosed cases of leptospirosis. Managua and the cities…

WHO has confirmed that an outbreak in Sudan, originally thought to be Yellow Fever is actually Rift Valley Fever.  Areas…

A recent letter to the editor of Emerging Infectious Disease (EID), published by the CDC, discusses a case of Israeli…

Nicknamed “the African eye worm”, Loa loa is one of those tropical parasites that myths and legends are made of. …

Traveling with Children I know a lot of people that think they cannot take that dream vacation because they “have…

Brazzaville, Congo is having some railway problems, due to recent flooding.  This is a problem for those looking to use…

The border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda was closed by the health officials in the DRC. This…

Schistosomes Basics: Also known as Bilharziasis. This Trematode/blood fluke infection may lead to portal hypertension, liver fibrosis or bladder cancers,…

I have been giving the concept of travel medicine, wilderness medicine and remote medicine a bit of thought lately.  Building…

Long Term Malaria Prophylaxis I seem to be hearing this question a lot, lately. I will try to give a…

One of the unique requirements of Travel and Expedition Medicine, besides the medical part, is a knowledge of geography. Where…

I came across an amazing resource, the other day, http://wildernessmedicinenewsletter.wordpress.com/. This is actually an older site that I am embarassed…