Travel Medicine Advisor Archives – December 1, 2009

December 1, 2009

• Rapid Diagnostic Tests Vs. Blood Smears for the Diagnosis of Malaria in the U.S.

  Malaria is one of the most important diagnostic considerations in febrile returned travelers and can be fatal if not appropriately diagnosed and treated.

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• Preventing Malaria by Vaccination

  Nearly half of the world's population lives in malaria-endemic geographic regions, and more than one million African children die of malaria each year.

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• TB in Travelers: U.S. Reports and IGRA for Screening

  Modi et al. and colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention examined reports of tuberculosis in the Quarantine Activity Reporting System (QARS) from June 1, 2007, through May 31, 2008 (year 2) and compared the data to those of the previous year, June 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007 (year 1).

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• Splash Parks and Cryptosporidiosis

  A complaint to Idaho's Central District Health Department of several ill persons with watery diarrhea consistent with cryptosporidiosis triggered an investigation of splash park visitors who attended reservation-only gatherings.

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• Pharmacology Watch: Insulin Regimens in Type 2 Diabetes

  In this issue: Efficacy of once-daily insulin, aldo-sterone use in heart failure, erectile dysfunction Clinical Practice Guidelines, and FDA Actions.

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