{"title":"Towards travel therapy: addressing the health benefits of international travel.","authors":"Gerard T Flaherty, Robert Steffen, Karin Leder","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taae091","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taae091","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141498337","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}
Kirsten A L Morris, Hugo Turner, Anna Checkley, David Ross, Peter Chiodini
{"title":"Malaria chemoprophylaxis provision in the UK: a call to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and equity implications of universal provision.","authors":"Kirsten A L Morris, Hugo Turner, Anna Checkley, David Ross, Peter Chiodini","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taaf017","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taaf017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143557110","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}
Carles Rubio Maturana, Patricia Martínez-Vallejo, Fernando Salvador, David Beneitez-Pastor, Francesc Zarzuela Serrat, Elena Sulleiro, Diana Pou, Maria Luisa Aznar, Israel Molina, Núria Serre-Delcor, Inés Oliveira-Souto
{"title":"Primaquine treatment for P. ovale infection in migrants with G6PD deficiency.","authors":"Carles Rubio Maturana, Patricia Martínez-Vallejo, Fernando Salvador, David Beneitez-Pastor, Francesc Zarzuela Serrat, Elena Sulleiro, Diana Pou, Maria Luisa Aznar, Israel Molina, Núria Serre-Delcor, Inés Oliveira-Souto","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taae150","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taae150","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142813656","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}
Rafael Oliveira, Michael Nürnberg, Lara Bardtke, Welmoed van Loon, Niamh O'Sullivan, Tilman Lingscheid, Andreas K Lindner, Beate Kampmann, Florian Kurth, Frank P Mockenhaupt
{"title":"Artemether-lumefantrine resistant falciparum malaria imported from Uganda.","authors":"Rafael Oliveira, Michael Nürnberg, Lara Bardtke, Welmoed van Loon, Niamh O'Sullivan, Tilman Lingscheid, Andreas K Lindner, Beate Kampmann, Florian Kurth, Frank P Mockenhaupt","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taaf013","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taaf013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143365190","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}
{"title":"President Trump's foreign aid freeze: impact on Cambodia's tuberculosis programme.","authors":"Esabelle Lo Yan Yam, Siyan Yi","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taaf019","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taaf019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143557112","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}
Felipe Campos de Melo Iani, Felicidade Mota Pereira, Elaine Cristina de Oliveira, Janete Taynã Nascimento Rodrigues, Mariza Hoffmann Machado, Vagner Fonseca, Talita Emile Ribeiro Adelino, Natália Rocha Guimarães, Luiz Marcelo Ribeiro Tomé, Marcela Kelly Astete Gómez, Vanessa Brandão Nardy, Adriana Aparecida Ribeiro, Alexander Rosewell, Álvaro Gil A Ferreira, Arabela Leal E Silva de Mello, Brenda Machado Moura Fernandes, Carlos Frederico Campelo de Albuquerque, Dejanira Dos Santos Pereira, Eline Carvalho Pimentel, Fábio Guilherme Mesquita Lima, Fernanda Viana Moreira Silva, Glauco de Carvalho Pereira, Houriiyah Tegally, Júlia Deffune Profeta Cidin Almeida, Keldenn Melo Farias Moreno, Klaucia Rodrigues Vasconcelos, Leandro Cavalcante Santos, Lívia Cristina Machado Silva, Livia C V Frutuoso, Ludmila Oliveira Lamounier, Mariana Araújo Costa, Marília Santini de Oliveira, Marlei Pickler Dediasi Dos Anjos, Massimo Ciccozzi, Maurício Teixeira Lima, Maira Alves Pereira, Marília Lima Cruz Rocha, Paulo Eduardo de Souza da Silva, Peter M Rabinowitz, Priscila Souza de Almeida, Richard Lessells, Ricardo T Gazzinelli, Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha, Sabrina Gonçalves, Sara Cândida Ferreira Dos Santos, Senele Ana de Alcântara Belettini, Silvia Helena Sousa Pietra Pedroso, Sofia Isabel Rótulo Araújo, Stephanni Figueiredo da Silva, Julio Croda, Ethel Maciel, Wes Van Voorhis, Darren P Martin, Edward C Holmes, Tulio de Oliveira, José Lourenço, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara, Marta Giovanetti
{"title":"Travel-associated international spread of Oropouche virus beyond the Amazon.","authors":"Felipe Campos de Melo Iani, Felicidade Mota Pereira, Elaine Cristina de Oliveira, Janete Taynã Nascimento Rodrigues, Mariza Hoffmann Machado, Vagner Fonseca, Talita Emile Ribeiro Adelino, Natália Rocha Guimarães, Luiz Marcelo Ribeiro Tomé, Marcela Kelly Astete Gómez, Vanessa Brandão Nardy, Adriana Aparecida Ribeiro, Alexander Rosewell, Álvaro Gil A Ferreira, Arabela Leal E Silva de Mello, Brenda Machado Moura Fernandes, Carlos Frederico Campelo de Albuquerque, Dejanira Dos Santos Pereira, Eline Carvalho Pimentel, Fábio Guilherme Mesquita Lima, Fernanda Viana Moreira Silva, Glauco de Carvalho Pereira, Houriiyah Tegally, Júlia Deffune Profeta Cidin Almeida, Keldenn Melo Farias Moreno, Klaucia Rodrigues Vasconcelos, Leandro Cavalcante Santos, Lívia Cristina Machado Silva, Livia C V Frutuoso, Ludmila Oliveira Lamounier, Mariana Araújo Costa, Marília Santini de Oliveira, Marlei Pickler Dediasi Dos Anjos, Massimo Ciccozzi, Maurício Teixeira Lima, Maira Alves Pereira, Marília Lima Cruz Rocha, Paulo Eduardo de Souza da Silva, Peter M Rabinowitz, Priscila Souza de Almeida, Richard Lessells, Ricardo T Gazzinelli, Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha, Sabrina Gonçalves, Sara Cândida Ferreira Dos Santos, Senele Ana de Alcântara Belettini, Silvia Helena Sousa Pietra Pedroso, Sofia Isabel Rótulo Araújo, Stephanni Figueiredo da Silva, Julio Croda, Ethel Maciel, Wes Van Voorhis, Darren P Martin, Edward C Holmes, Tulio de Oliveira, José Lourenço, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara, Marta Giovanetti","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taaf018","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taaf018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Oropouche virus (OROV), first detected in Trinidad and Tobago in 1955, was historically confined to the Brazilian Amazon Basin. However, since late 2022, an increasing number of OROV cases have been reported across various regions of Brazil as well as in urban centers in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Colombia, Cuba, Panama, and Peru. In collaboration with Central Public Health Laboratories across Brazil, we integrated epidemiological metadata with genomic analyses from recent cases, generating 133 whole-genome sequences covering the virus's three genomic segments (L, M, and S). These include the first genomes from regions outside the Amazon and from the first recorded fatal cases. Phylogenetic analyses show that the 2024 OROV genomes form a monophyletic group with sequences from the Amazon Basin sampled since 2022, revealing a rapid north-to-south viral movement into historically non-endemic areas. We identified 21 reassortment events, though it remains unclear whether these genomic changes have facilitated viral adaptation to local ecological conditions or contributed to phenotypic traits of public health significance. Our findings demonstrate how OROV has evolved through reassortment and spread rapidly across multiple states in Brazil, leading to the largest outbreak ever recorded outside the Amazon and the first confirmed fatalities. Additionally, by analysing travel-related cases, we provide the first insights into the international spread of OROV beyond Brazil, further highlighting the role of human mobility in its dissemination. The virus's recent rapid geographic expansion and the emergence of severe cases emphasize the urgent need for enhanced surveillance across the Americas. In the absence of significant human population changes over the past two years, factors such as viral adaptation, deforestation, and climate shifts-either individually or in combination-may have facilitated the spread of OROV beyond the Amazon Basin through both local and travel-associated transmission.</p>","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11955161/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143557113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wondimeneh Shiferaw, Judith A Dean, Deborah Mills, Colleen L Lau, Luis Furuya-Kanamori
{"title":"Overseas- and locally acquired sexually transmissible infections in Australia, 2017-23.","authors":"Wondimeneh Shiferaw, Judith A Dean, Deborah Mills, Colleen L Lau, Luis Furuya-Kanamori","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taaf022","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taaf022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>International travel is a significant contributor to the acquisition of sexually transmissible infections (STIs). Despite the high volume of outbound travel from Australia, peaking at 10.8 million travellers in 2023, limited data exist on the burden of overseas-acquired STIs. This study aims to investigate the burden and trends of overseas- and locally acquired STIs in Australia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analysed STI cases notified to Australia's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) from January 2017 to December 2023. A comparative analysis was conducted by place of acquisition (i.e. overseas versus local), with the geographical origins of overseas-acquired cases mapped using ArcMap and temporal trends assessed across pre-COVID-19, pandemic and post-pandemic periods.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 967 193 records were obtained from NNDSS, of which 188 788 STI cases (11 782 overseas- and 177 006 locally acquired) were included in the analysis. Males were the most affected group (63% of overseas- and 60% of locally acquired), and young adults aged 20-24 years represented a quarter of cases (24.6% of overseas- and 25.9% of locally acquired). The incidence of overseas-acquired STI cases rose nearly threefold, from 12.8 per 100 000 travellers in 2017 to 35.0 per 100 00 travellers in 2019, and then declined during the COVID-19 pandemic due to Australia's travel restrictions to 16.4 per 100 000 travellers in 2020. A surge was observed in 2021, with 46.5 per 100 000 travellers. The most common regions of acquisition were Southeast Asia (n = 2390, 44.6%), North and South America (n = 663, 12.4%) and Northwest Europe (n = 580, 10.8%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study highlights the patterns of overseas- and locally acquired STIs in Australia, with chlamydia remaining the most prevalent (but declining since 2021), while gonorrhoea has been increasing, among overseas-acquired cases. Variations in the region of acquisition and demographic factors highlight the critical need for tailored safer-sex advice during pre-travel consultations, particularly for males and young adults travelling to high-prevalence destinations.</p>","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11955160/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143567294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annika B Wilder-Smith, Lucinda C Fuller, Niraj Parajuli
{"title":"Celebrating World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day: a global call to unite, act, and eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases.","authors":"Annika B Wilder-Smith, Lucinda C Fuller, Niraj Parajuli","doi":"10.1093/jtm/taaf007","DOIUrl":"10.1093/jtm/taaf007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17407,"journal":{"name":"Journal of travel medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143074826","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}