Travel Medicine Advisor Archives – August 1, 2010
August 1, 2010
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Dengue Surveillance and Dengue in Key West, Florida
A number of reports on dengue have been published recently in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The CDC described dengue surveillance in the United States using two sources of data: 1) specimens tested at the CDC Dengue Branch (CDCDB); and 2) the ArboNET surveillance system of the CDC Arboviral Diseases Branch. -
Updates on Recommendations for Use of Human Papillomavirus Vaccines
In October 2009, the Food and Drug administration (FDA) licensed the bivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV2; Cervarix, GlaxoSmithKline) for use in females aged 10 through 25 years. -
Tungiasis Painful Feet in a Tropical Traveler
A 39-year-old man had traveled for four weeks to the Pantanal region of Brazil, a popular ecotourism area, where he had walked barefoot on several occasions. Ten days before returning to the UK, he noted painful lesions on his feet that were white/pale yellow with a central black punctum. -
Reducing Child Mortality
Murray and colleagues provide a rigorous description of child mortality in 187 nations of the world. -
Pharmacology Wathc: Aggressive Modification of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
In this issue: Aggressive approach to CVD reduces MI, folic acid and vitamin B12 for CAD, corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of COPD, prescription drug abuse among young adults, and ARBs and cancer risk.