INFORMAZIONI GENERALI

The Yellow Book 
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/reference.htm 

Summary of Health Information for International Travel
(The Blue Sheet)
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/blusheet.htm

Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/

International Travel and Health,
Vaccination Requirements and Health Advice -
Situation as on 1 January 2001
http://www.who.int/ith/english/index.htm

CDC: MMWR Weekly Edition
http://www2.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_wk.html

CDC: MMWR Reports
http://www2.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_rr.html

Outbreaks
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/outbreaks.htm

WHO: Weekly Epidemiological Record
http://www.who.ch/wer/wer_home.htm 

The Medical Letter
Advice for travellers
http://www.medletter.com

Internet and computer-based resources for travel medicine practitioners.
Keystone JS, Kozarsky PE, Freedman DO.
Clin Infect Dis 2001 Mar 1;32(5):757-65

MALARIA

Profilassi antimalarica

Clinical Infectious Diseases: 2001;33:226-234 e 2001;33:381-385
Prevention of malaria in children
P.R.Fisher and R.Bialek: CID 2002;34:493-8

Guidelines for Malaria prevention in travellers from the United Kongdom for 2001
Commun Dis Public Health 2001;4:84-101

An empirical malaria distribution map for West Africa.
Kleinschmidt I, Omumbo J, Briet O, van de Giesen N, Sogoba N, Mensah NK, Windmeijer P, Moussa M, Teuscher T.Kleinschmidt, et al.
Tropical Medicine & International Health 2001;6 (10), 779-786

Atovaquone-Proguanil versus Mefloquine for Malaria Prophylaxis in NonimmuneTravelers: Results from a Randomized, Double-Blind Study 
David Overbosch, et al
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2001;33:1015-1021

Extracts from "Clinical Evidence". Malaria: prevention in travellers Croft A.
BMJ 2000 Jul 15;321(7254):154-60
Mefloquine to prevent malaria: a systematic review of trials Croft A, Garner P.
BMJ 1997 Nov 29;315(7120):1412-6

Distribuzione della malaria nel mondo
Roll Back Malaria Þ Country profiles
http://www.rbm.who.int/

Distribuzione della Malaria in Africa by MARA/ARMA

Chemioprofilassi 
Pregiudizi sulla Profilassi della Malaria

MALATTIE TROPICALI

     
      Leishmaniosi
http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/leish/index.html

      Tripanosmiasi africana (Malattia del sonno)
http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/tryp/index.html 

      Colera
Cholera and Epidemic Dysentery
http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/cholera/index.html

      Febbri emorragiche
http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/ebola/index.html

Dengue fever in international travelers
Jelinek T.
Clin Infect Dis 2000 Jul;31(1):144-7

Viral hemorrhagic fever hazards for travelers in africa
Isaacson M.
Clin Infect Dis 2001 Nov 15;33(10):1707-12

      Leptospirosi
Leptospirosis worlwide
Smythe L. WER 1999;74:237-242

Leptospirosis
Levet PN. Clin Microbiol Rev 2001;14:296-326

Randomized controlled trial of doxicicline prophylaxix against leptospirosis in an endemic area
Sehgal SC et al. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2000;13:249-255

PROTEZIONE DALLE INFEZIONI

       Diarrea del viaggiatore

Drug prophylaxix for Traveller’s Diarrea
P.Rendi-Wagner e H Kollaritsch
Clin Infec Dis 2002;34:628-33

Tropical diarrhoea: new developments in traveller's diarrhoea
Moreire Lima A.A. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 2001;14:547-552

Traveler's diarrhea due to intestinal protozoa.
Okhuysen PC.
Clin Infect Dis 2001 Jul 1;33(1):110-4

Rifaximin versus Ciprofloxacin for the Treatment of Traveller's Diarrhea:A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical trial 
DuPont H.L., Zhi-Dong J., Ericsson C.E. et al
Clin Infect Dis 2001;33:1807-15

Empirical antimicrobial therapy for teaveller's diarrhea
Adachi JA et al
Clin Infect Dis 2000 31:1079-83

Traveller's diarrhea: epidemiology, prevention and self treatment
Ericsson CD. Infect Clin North Am 1998;12:285-303

Diarrhea
Bruyn G. Clin Evidence 2000; 3:320-326

Health advice for international travel
Keystone J. et al. Essentials of tropical infectious diseases Ed. Guerrant RL, Walker DH, Weller PF NY: Churchill Livingstone 2001: pagg.128-140

Practice guidelines for the management of infectious diarrhea
Guerrant RL et al. Clin Infect Dis 2001;32:381.350

        Metodi di purificazione dell'acqua
Water Disinfection for International and Wilderness Travelers 
Howard Backer Clin Infect Dis 2002;34:355-364

      Malattie a trasmissione sessuale
Sexually transmitted diseases in travelers
Matteelli A, Carosi G.
Clin Infect Dis 2001 Apr 1;32(7):1063-7

      Tubercolosi
Risk of travel-associated tuberculosis
Rieder HL.
Clin Infect Dis 2001 Oct 15;33(8):1393-6

 PROTEZIONE CONTRO GLI INSETTI
ED I VETTORI DI MALATTIE

Informazioni sulle punture da zecche
http://www.sanita.it/malinf/normativ/doc/pie13-7-00.doc

Mosquitoes and Mosquito Repellents: A Clinician's Guide
Mark S. Fradin, MD: Annals of Internal Medicine, 1 June 1998. 128:931-940.
http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/01jun98/mosquito.htm

Safety of the insect repellent N,N-diethyl-M-toluamide (DEET) in pregnancy
McGready R et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2001 Oct;65(4):285-9
Insecticide treated bednets and curtais for preventing malaria
Lengeler C. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2000;2

Centipede envenomation
SEAN P. BUSH, MD; BRADLEY O. KING, MD; ROBERT L. NORRIS, MD; and SCOTT A. STOCKWELL, PhD: Wilderness and Environmental Medicine: vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 93-99.
http://www.wemjournal.org/wmsonline/?request=index-html 

 VIAGGIATORI CON SPECIALI
PROBLEMI DI SALUTE

      Infezione da HIV
The human immunodeficiency virus-infected traveller.
Castelli F, Patroni A.
Clin Infect Dis 2000 Dec;31(6):1403-8 

Network Italiano dei servizi di vaccinazione
http://www.levaccinazioni.it

Cholera vaccines
Ryan ET, Calderwood SB.
Clin Infect Dis 2000 Aug;31(2):561-5

Health advice and immunizations for travelers.
Ryan ET, Kain KC.
N Engl J Med 2000 Jun 8;342(23):1716-25

Travel vaccines and elderly persons: review of vaccines available in the united states.
Leder K, Weller PF, Wilson ME.
Clin Infect Dis 2001 Nov 1;33(9):1553-66

High Altitude Illness
Hackett PH and Roach RC, N Engl J Med 2001;345:107-115

Current concept of chronic mountain sickness: pulmonary hypertension related high-altitude heart disease
RI-LI GE, MD, PhD and GAOWA HELUN, BS: Wilderness and Environmental Medicine: Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 190-194.

Jet lag
Spitzer RL et al. Am J Psychiatry 1999; 156:1392

Phototrauma prevention
JAMES R. LIFFRIG, MD : Wilderness and Environmental Medicine: Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 195-200.

Dermatologic aspects of cosmetics, modern approaches to photoprotection
De Buys HV et al. Dermatol Clin 2000;18:4

The case for sunscreen: a review of their use in preventing actinic damage and neoplasia
Naylor MF et al. Arch Dermatol 1997;133:1146-1158

Intossicazioni da pesci e granchi
Identification of Fish and Crabs Commonly Encountered in Poisonings
http://www.who.int/fsf/fish/index.html 

A brief case report and review of ciguatera poisoning
D.J. Farstad and T.Chow
Wilderness and Environmental Medicine: Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 263-269

Informazioni sulla trombosi venosa del viaggiatore
Bollettino d'Informazione sui Farmaci del Ministero della Salute, Direzione Generale della Valutazione dei Medicinali e della Farmacovigilanza 
Anno VIII, 6 Novembre-Dicembre 2001: 215-218