9.1. Travel Related Infections - Intro Flashcards

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What are the unfamiliar features of imported disease?

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  1. Presenting Features
  2. Isolation Requirements
  3. Diagnostic Methods
  4. Treatment / Management
  5. Unexpected Complications
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What increases vulnerability of travelers to infection?

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  1. Temptation to take risk away from home
  2. Different epidemiology of some diseases
  3. Incomplete understanding of health hazzards
  4. Stress of travel
  5. Refugees
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In relation to travelers vulnerability to infection, what is included in “Temptation to take Risks Away from Home”?

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  1. New food
  2. Contaminated water
  3. Animals
  4. Sex
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In relation to travelers vulnerability to infection, what is included in “different epidemiology of some diseases”?

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  1. HIV
  2. TB
  3. Polio
  4. Diptheria
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In relation to travelers vulnerability to infection, what is included in “Refugees”?

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  1. Deprivation
  2. Malnutrition
  3. Disease
  4. Injury
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What infections are very common worldwide?

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  1. Influenza
  2. Community-Acquired Pneumonia
  3. Meningococcal Disease
  4. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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What are some Climate / Environmental related Health Problems?

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  1. Sunburn
  2. Heat Exhaustion / Heatstroke
  3. Fungal Infection
  4. Bacterial Skin Infections
  5. Cold Injury
  6. Altitude Sickness
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What are 3 Public Health Measures which can control infection?

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  1. Sanitation
  2. Immunization
  3. Education
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What can infections can Sanitation help control?

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  1. Travelers Diarrhoea
  2. Typhoid
  3. Hepatitis A / E
  4. Giardiasis
  5. Amoebiasis
  6. Helminth Infection
  7. Viral / Bacterial Gastroenteritis (Food Poisoning)
  8. Shigella Dystentery
  9. Cholera
  10. Cryptosporidiosis
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What can infections can Immunization help control?

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  1. Poliomyelitis
  2. Diphtheria
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What can infections can Education help control?

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  1. HIV / AIDS
  2. STD’s
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What are common worldwide water-related infections?

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  1. Schistosomiasis
  2. Leptospirosis
  3. Liver Flukes
  4. Strongyloidiasis
  5. Hookworms
  6. Guinea Worms
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What are some common Anthropod-Borne infections?

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  1. Malaria (Mosquitoes)
  2. Dengue Fever (Mosquitoes)
  3. Rickettsial Infections / Typhus (Ticks)
  4. Leishmaniasis (Sand-flies)
  5. Trypanosomiasis / Sleeping Sickness
    (Tsetse Fly)
  6. Filariasis / Elephantiasis (Mosquitoes)
  7. Onchocerciasis / River Blindness (Black Flies)
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What are some emerging infectious diseases?

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  1. Zika (Latin America)
  2. Ebola (West Africa)
  3. MERS-CoV (Middle-East)
  4. Swine ‘flu (worldwide)
  5. Avian ‘flu (China)
  6. SARS (Far East)
  7. West Nile Virus (USA)
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What are the important tropical diseases to know about?

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  1. Malaria (32-42%)
  2. Typhoid (2%)
  3. Dengue Fever (2-6%)
  4. Schistomiasis
  5. Rickettsiosis (0.5-1%)
  6. Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers
  7. Zika Fever
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What is needed to be done in more depth than most histories, if a Travel Related Infection is suspected?

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  1. Travel History
  2. Risks / Precautions Taken