Yi Zhen Jia, Karol F Boschung, Jennifer M Grant, Victor Leung, William J A Connors
{"title":"Cluster of genomically linked Mycobacterium abscessus infections following hair transplantation in Turkey.","authors":"Yi Zhen Jia, Karol F Boschung, Jennifer M Grant, Victor Leung, William J A Connors","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taag074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148697799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kangguo Li, Sha Chen, Zheni Bu, Xiaolei Wang, Yanhua Su, Pierre Pontarotti, Roger Frutos, Jia Rui, Kaiwei Luo, Tianmu Chen
{"title":"Documented infectious disease outbreak records on ocean and expedition cruise ships, 1993-2026.","authors":"Kangguo Li, Sha Chen, Zheni Bu, Xiaolei Wang, Yanhua Su, Pierre Pontarotti, Roger Frutos, Jia Rui, Kaiwei Luo, Tianmu Chen","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taag068","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148604376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dain Y Kim, Hyunjee Kim, Jaeyu Park, Dongjin Yeo, Jaehyeong Cho, Juyeong Kim, Jiseung Kang, Sunyoung Kim, Hyeon Seok Hwang, Dong Keon Yon
{"title":"Regional and national burden and etiological patterns of diarrheal disease in Asia with implications for travel medicine.","authors":"Dain Y Kim, Hyunjee Kim, Jaeyu Park, Dongjin Yeo, Jaehyeong Cho, Juyeong Kim, Jiseung Kang, Sunyoung Kim, Hyeon Seok Hwang, Dong Keon Yon","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taag071","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite the considerable burden of diarrheal disease in Asia, etiology-specific patterns remain insufficiently characterized. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the diarrheal disease burden across Asia from 1990 to 2023, focusing on the implications for travelers' diarrhea.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We estimated the burden of diarrheal disease in Asia, including Central, East, South, Southeast Asia, and High-income Asia Pacific, across 34 countries from 1990 to 2023 using the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2023. Disease burden was calculated using age-standardized disability-adjusted life year rates (ASDRs) per 100,000 population, with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs). Additionally, we assessed the burden attributable to risk factors and calculated pathogen-specific estimates for 13 major etiologies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 1990 to 2023, ASDRs of diarrheal disease declined across Asia, with the largest decline in South Asia from 9124.29 (95% UI, 7594.46-11,673.82) per 100,000 population to 1216.90 (965.73-1633.55). The decline was accompanied by reductions in cumulative etiologic burden, particularly for rotavirus. Although norovirus was the leading etiology in High-income Asia Pacific, rotavirus remained dominant across all other Asian regions in 2023. Burdens were concentrated among those aged <5 years and ≥95 years. Among children aged <5 years, rotavirus and adenovirus were the leading etiologies, with adenovirus showing a particularly high age-specific DALY rate in South Asia (891.96 [484.65-1392.81] per 100,000 population). Among adults aged ≥ 95years, Clostridium difficile and norovirus had the highest burdens. Sex-specific burdens were generally higher in males, except in South Asia. In 2023, unsafe water sources were the leading risk factor, especially in South Asia, 831.77 (423.32-1206.25) per 100,000 population. For viral, parasitic, and gram-negative etiologies, burdens consistently declined with increasing SDI, whereas Clostridium difficile showed a U-shaped pattern with SDI.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The heterogeneity in etiology-specific burden, age- and sex-related vulnerability, and associations with SDI across Asia underscores the need for destination-specific risk assessment and context-sensitive prevention strategies for travelers' diarrhea in Asia.</p>","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148592396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nirupama A Nammunige, Deborah J Mills, Leon E Hugo, Luis Furuya-Kanamori
{"title":"Minimal potency loss of reconstituted yellow fever vaccine over six hours: Implications for fractional-dose vaccination.","authors":"Nirupama A Nammunige, Deborah J Mills, Leon E Hugo, Luis Furuya-Kanamori","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taag069","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148579039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arthur Lefevre, Minh P Lê, Hélène Marty, Gilles Peytavin, Firouzé Bani-Sadr
{"title":"Drug-Drug Interaction Between Praziquantel and Nevirapine in HIV-Schistosomiasis Co-infection: A Pharmacokinetic case report.","authors":"Arthur Lefevre, Minh P Lê, Hélène Marty, Gilles Peytavin, Firouzé Bani-Sadr","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taag066","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148578977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marilou Chanel, Clarisse Marcombes, Johan Benhard, Emilie Sbidian, Quentin Beytout
{"title":"Cutaneous tuberculosis masquerading as sarcoidosis in an immunocompetent migrant.","authors":"Marilou Chanel, Clarisse Marcombes, Johan Benhard, Emilie Sbidian, Quentin Beytout","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag063","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taag063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148430614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eman Abukmail, Aydin Serefli, Alexander Folino, Loai Albarqouni
{"title":"Evidence that ginger (Zingiber officinale) does not prevent motion sickness in adults.","authors":"Eman Abukmail, Aydin Serefli, Alexander Folino, Loai Albarqouni","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taag061","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148387270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robyn M Kaiser, Jingran Cao, Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez, Jingyi Zhu, Nicole Trower, Elyse O Kharbanda, Malini B DeSilva
{"title":"Measles mumps rubella (MMR) vaccination status in international paediatric travellers seen for pre-travel consultation in Minnesota, USA.","authors":"Robyn M Kaiser, Jingran Cao, Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez, Jingyi Zhu, Nicole Trower, Elyse O Kharbanda, Malini B DeSilva","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag033","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taag033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Between 2000 and 2024, unvaccinated international travellers were the source of most measles cases and outbreaks in the U.S. In Minnesota, the Somali-American community is particularly high-risk for measles due to low measles mumps rubella (MMR) vaccination uptake. We assessed MMR vaccine status in international paediatric travellers in Minnesota.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cross-sectional study of MMR status among paediatric travellers age 6 months to < 18 years seen for pre-travel consultation from 1 October 2015 to 31 December 2024 at 3 community-based travel clinics within a large Minnesota health system. We stratified travellers into 3 age groups (6-<12 months, 12 months-<4 years, and 4-<18 years) based on MMR vaccination recommendations. We collected traveller age, sex, race/ethnicity, Medicaid coverage, preferred language, need for interpreter, reason for travel, travel destination, and departure date. We evaluated prevalence of paediatric travellers up-to-date with MMR for international travel prior to departure date by sociodemographic and travel related variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 27 534 pre-travel consultations, 23 549 (85.5%) travellers were up-to-date for international travel with MMR vaccine by their anticipated departure date. Travellers to Somalia (N = 2656) and Kenya (N = 5175) had the lowest percentage of being up-to-date (75.6% and 78.6%) compared with other destinations. Travellers with Somali as their preferred language (N = 3087) had the lowest percentage of being up-to-date (74.3%) compared with other language groups. Travellers requesting a language interpreter (N = 3019), visiting friends and relatives (N = 17 877), and with Medicaid coverage (N = 11 415) had a lower percent of being up-to-date for MMR compared with other groups (78%, 83.1%, and 79.9%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>MMR status among paediatric travellers varied by sociodemographic and travel characteristics. Travellers to Somalia and those with Somali as their preferred language had the lowest percent of MMR vaccines. Ongoing efforts are needed to improve MMR vaccine uptake especially among international paediatric travellers who may be at higher risk of infection based on travel characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147948815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Bogacka, Jakrapun Pupaibool, Perry J J van Genderen, Aisha Khatib, Maciej Grzybek, Ralph Huits
{"title":"An unexpected outbreak at sea: revisiting Hantavirus transmission dynamics.","authors":"Anna Bogacka, Jakrapun Pupaibool, Perry J J van Genderen, Aisha Khatib, Maciej Grzybek, Ralph Huits","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taag041","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taag041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148031901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}