Travel Medicine Advisor Archives – October 1, 2012

October 1, 2012

• New Recommendations for 13-Valent Pneumo Vaccine in Compromised Adults

  At the June 20, 2012 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ACIP] voted in favor of recommending the addition of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) to the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) for adults aged 19 and older with immunocompromising conditions.

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• Travel-Related Problems in Children

  These three papers and an accompanying editorial1 in a recent issue of the Journal of Travel Medicine form a mini-symposium on pediatric travel medicine. Each gives a glimpse of problems experienced by children traveling internationally and nicely contributes to the limited literature on this topic.

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• Adequacy of Rabies Post-exposure Prophylaxis

  Uwanyiligira et al retrospectively analyzed charts of all patients seen at the Travel Clinic of the University Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) between January 2005 and August 2011.

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• Neglected Tropical Diseases: Nigeria at a Crossroads

  NTDs are a group of infectious diseases that are common among the world's poorest people.

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• Pharmacology Watch: Statins and Cognition — More to the Story?

  In this issue: Side effects of statins; effects of cannabis use; antihypertensives and lip cancer; and FDA actions.

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