Product Description

The 2009-2010 edition of the CDC Health Information for International Travel (The Yellow Book) presents dependable advice on any travel health issue, including vaccinations, essential trip planning and safety tips, prevention of an expanded list of travel-related infectious diseases, altitude illness, motion sickness, sunburn, medical tourism, and much more. The expert narrative explains the most common health issues and practical day-to-day information for nine popular destinations and travel itineraries. This official publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is filled with valuable information not only for health-care providers and travelers, but also for anyone interested in travel health. It's your trusted travel medicine desktop reference.with a fresh look and feel!

• Presents the latest expertise and knowledge on diseases and infection control as endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
• Features content ranging from basic guidelines to specific treatment options to be useful for both practitioners and general audiences.
  
• Includes updated references in each chapter so you can pursue the original medical sources for more detail.

• Access the latest recommendations for disease risks such as chikungunya fever, yellow fever, and malaria, as well as the most current vaccination guidelines.
  
• Covers treatment for patients with specific travel needs, such as immunocompromised travelers, travelers with chronic medical conditions, patients preparing for long-term travel or relocating abroad, flight crew members, humanitarian aid workers, young children, or travelers who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
  
• Presents new controversies and emerging diseases with supporting evidence to give you best practice guidelines from the most knowledgeable experts.
  
• Includes new editorial boxes on a wide range of topics to provide you with valuable insight.
  
• Features a new streamlined, user-friendly bulleted design with color tabs and maps, a chapter organized to mirror a pre-travel consultation, and new appendices-including a travel vaccine summary table-to make finding what you need and putting it in context quick and easy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28316 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 540 pages

Review
"This is an excellent review text for physicians and other health care professionals who see patients for pre-travel consultation." -- Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Customer Reviews

CDC Health Information for International Travel.
Indispensable. It is intended for professionals. Not to be followed without medical consultation.
Lya A. MD

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CDC Health Information for International Travel 2008 (Health Information for International Travel) Good reference material. Easy to use.

Indispensable for professionals; helpful for consumers who travel
One of the great joys of my life is travel, especially to unusual locations. I purchase this book every five years or so just to keep up on the health risks in various countries around the world, and always find it interesting reading.

Before a trip to Peru two years ago, for example, we learned about acute mountain sickness and the bites of parasitic sand flies. We packed a prescription drug for the mountain sickness, and drank lots of apple juice (a remedy we learned about at Mesa Verde years ago). The apple juice worked its magic and we threw the prescription drugs away last year when the dating expired. Deet pretty much handled the sand flies and we had a wonderful travel experience.

The CDC home page is a great source of current information; this book gives you specific locations to check for many destinations to be sure the user has current information.

It's also wise to double check the US Department of State website, and the even more useful British government site maintained by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

It's all good preventative medicine, and helps keep an rewarding travel experience even more satisfying.

Robert C. Ross 2009