International travel and health
Subtitle: situation as on 1 January 2011
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9789241580465
Subjects: Travel; Health aspects; Diseases; Risk factors; Communicable diseases; Prevention; Vaccination; Communicable Disease Control; Standards; Risk Factors; Voyage; Aspect sanitaire; Maladies; Facteurs de risque; Maladies infectieuses; Prévention
Description: "This book explains how travellers can stay healthy and provides WHO guidance on vaccinations, malaria chemoprophylaxis and treatment, personal protection against insects and other disease vectors, and safety in different environmental settings. It covers all the principal risks to travellers' health, both during their journeys and at their destinations. it describes all relevant infectious diseases, including their causative agents, modes of transmission, clinical features and geographical distribution, and provides detials of prophylactic and preventive measures."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.