Protection for travellers to developing/tropical countries
Protection can be divided into 3 categories:
Personal protection
personal hygiene
insect repellent
bed netting
avoidance of animals
care with food and drink
safe sex
Chemoprophylaxis, eg. Antimalarials
Immunizations
yellow fever
hepatitis A and B
typhoid
more details in Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine handout which i will be giving out in class.
Thursday, 26 July 2007
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