Travel Related Infections

Question 1

Increasing global travel - means our health service will be exposed to

Answer 1

Exotic” destinations

Question 2

Why is travel history important

Answer 2

There will be different strains of the pathogen - antigenically different

There will be impacts on protection / detection

Could have antibiotic resistance

Could be rare unknown disease that have been imported from abroad

Need to prevent infection on the ward - therefore need to know specifically what disease/ infection a person has - where, when, what and how are good ways at figuring out what a patient has
E.g. if a person has been to central Africa - malaria is a high probability of cause of disease

Hospitals also need to know if -

Question 3

Malaria

5 Different species of plasmodium

Malaria history and examination

Human infection of malaria

Investigations and treatment of malaria

Prevention of malaria

Answer 3

5 main species of Plasmodium

falciparum

Question 4

Typhoid and paratyphoid (enteric fever)

Signs and symptoms

Investigations - what is found

Treatment

Prevention

Answer 4

Mainly Asia (also Africa & S America)

Question 5

Dengue fever

Answer 5

Dengue is commonest arbovirus

Question 6

Other foreign diseases

Answer 6

Bot fly larvae in skin - seen as bites/spots on back - no other symptoms, no fever with blood tests normal

Emerging diseases