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{"title":"Rising threat of Oropouche virus transmission from mother to child: An urgent call for action","authors":"Ashutosh Pareek, Runjhun Singhal, Aaushi Pareek, Anil Chuturgoon, Vasso Apostolopoulos","doi":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102776","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102776","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23312,"journal":{"name":"Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 102776"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Imported malaria cases by Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in Mexican territory: Potential impact of the migration crisis","authors":"Miguel Ángel Loyola-Cruz ,&nbsp;Emilio Mariano Durán-Manuel ,&nbsp;Clemente Cruz-Cruz ,&nbsp;Juan Carlos Bravata-Alcántara ,&nbsp;Victor Hugo Gutierrez-Muñoz ,&nbsp;Laura Margarita Márquez-Valdelamar ,&nbsp;Beatriz Leal-Escobar ,&nbsp;Enzo Vásquez-Jiménez ,&nbsp;Mónica Alethia Cureño-Díaz ,&nbsp;Gustavo Esteban Lugo-Zamudio ,&nbsp;Claudia Camelia Calzada-Mendoza ,&nbsp;Gamaliel López-Leal ,&nbsp;Graciela Castro-Escarpulli ,&nbsp;Araceli Rojas-Bernabé ,&nbsp;Verónica Fernández-Sánchez ,&nbsp;Estibeyesbo Said Plascencia-Nieto ,&nbsp;Nayeli Goreti Nieto-Velázquez ,&nbsp;Juan Manuel Bello-López","doi":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102773","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102773","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>As the migratory flow to the USA has intensified in recent months, health problems associated have been identified. The aim of this work was the identification of malaria cases imported into Mexican territory.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Operational definitions of suspected and confirmed cases were used for investigation of malaria cases. Detection of parasitic entities by thick blood smear and molecular biology served as a confirmatory test. With the characteristics of the cases, a heat map was made to determine common clinical pictures. Finally, epidemiological analysis of cases was performed for the construction of timelines of imported malaria and the tracing of migratory routes.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Twelve migrants from four countries were treated for presenting clinical symptoms with suspected dengue or malaria. Malaria was confirmed and two <em>Plasmodium</em> species were identified. From the epidemiological dates of arrival in Mexico, onset of symptoms and migratory routes, we speculate that ten cases acquired <em>P. vivax</em> during their crossing through Honduras, El Salvador or Guatemala. For the Guinea cases, we conclude that there was African importation of <em>P. falciparum.</em></div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The epidemiological panorama of malaria cases imported into Mexico show the need to join efforts to ensure universal access to health services, with the objective of timely detection of imported cases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23312,"journal":{"name":"Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 102773"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142406936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Public Health Challenges at the Upcoming Kumbh Mela 2025: Addressing the Mpox global public health emergency of international concern","authors":"Avinash Sharma,&nbsp;Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales,&nbsp;Shruti Srivastava,&nbsp;Ziad A. Memish,&nbsp;Alimuddin Zumla","doi":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102771","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102771","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23312,"journal":{"name":"Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 102771"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142401431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Coordinated public health actions following the identification of a measles case arriving on an international flight, Spain: December 2022–January 2023","authors":"Noemí López-Perea ,&nbsp;Silvia Rivera Ariza ,&nbsp;María Magdalena Salom Castell ,&nbsp;Conchita Izquierdo Gómez ,&nbsp;Montserrat Guillaumes ,&nbsp;Aurora Fernández-García ,&nbsp;Juan E. Echevarría ,&nbsp;María Mar Mosquera ,&nbsp;Lourdes Oliva Íñiguez ,&nbsp;Ana Delia Cebollada Gracia ,&nbsp;Virtudes Gallardo García ,&nbsp;María Victoria García Rivera ,&nbsp;Bernardo Guzmán Herrador ,&nbsp;Isabel Huertas-Zarco ,&nbsp;María del Carmen Pacheco Martínez ,&nbsp;Inmaculada Rodero Garduño ,&nbsp;Oscar Paz Montero ,&nbsp;Berta Suárez Rodríguez ,&nbsp;Josefa Masa-Calles","doi":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102768","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102768","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Contact tracing of individual exposed to any infectious measles case deserves special attention when in the country the disease is mostly imported. We present the coordinated public health actions triggered after reporting a suspected measles case in an aircraft. Spanish public health authorities and airlines responded promptly to allow a rapid contact tracing. Even one secondary measles case was reported no further transmission was identified, revealing that giving PEP and appropriate information help to avoid transmission and to maintain measles elimination in Spain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23312,"journal":{"name":"Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 102768"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding the journey towards rabies vaccination for travellers: Results of a cross-sectional survey with patients and providers in the US, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland","authors":"Jennifer Cummins ,&nbsp;Florian Lienert ,&nbsp;Annabel Su ,&nbsp;Elaine Melander ,&nbsp;Rebecca L. West ,&nbsp;Fernanda Salgado","doi":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102767","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102767","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Although cases of rabies in international travellers are uncommon, they are a fatal risk which can be alleviated through vaccination prior to travel. As international travel recovers post-COVID, it is vital that travellers are made aware of the risk of rabies when travelling to endemic countries and supported to receive the vaccine when eligible.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Online surveys were conducted in the US, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland between November 2022–January 2023 with both patients and healthcare providers (HCPs). Eligibility criteria for patients included those eligible for rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) due to travel location and activity; HCPs had to be providers of travel vaccinations. In both surveys, questions were asked about discussion of rabies vaccination, decision of whether to administer a rabies vaccine, recommendation to get the rabies vaccine, and final decision to get a vaccine.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The final patient sample included n = 1557 patients who were eligible for rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis (US n = 504, Germany n = 353, Sweden n = 350, Switzerland n = 350) and n = 219 HCPs (US n = 75, Germany n = 75, Sweden n = 32, Switzerland n = 37). Although all patients in the sample were eligible for rabies vaccination, only 15 % felt they were at risk of getting rabies, and only 18 % received the rabies vaccine before their trip. HCPs reported discussing PrEP and/or PrEP and PEP with 30 % of patients presenting for travel vaccination advice, on average.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Awareness and perception of rabies risk, and lack of consistent HCP discussion of the need for rabies PrEP may be major barriers to uptake of the vaccine for patients who are eligible to receive it.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23312,"journal":{"name":"Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 102767"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142378251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is it safe to travel? The H5N1 avian flu and the Aesop novel","authors":"Francesco Branda,&nbsp;Alessandra Ciccozzi,&nbsp;Chiara Romano,&nbsp;Daria Sanna,&nbsp;Massimo Ciccozzi,&nbsp;Fabio Scarpa","doi":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102769","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102769","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23312,"journal":{"name":"Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 102769"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142378249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Travellers with prosthetic limbs: A neglected population","authors":"Irmgard L. Bauer,&nbsp;Vikranth H. Nagaraja","doi":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102770","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102770","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23312,"journal":{"name":"Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 102770"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142378250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"First imported Clade 1b Mpox case in India: Implications for travel medicine and public health surveillance","authors":"Sanjit Sah,&nbsp;Yogesh Kumar Dhandh,&nbsp;Rachana Mehta,&nbsp;Mahendra Pratap Singh,&nbsp;Ganesh Bushi,&nbsp;Muhammed Shabil,&nbsp;Kiran Bhopte,&nbsp;Amogh Verma","doi":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102766","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102766","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23312,"journal":{"name":"Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 102766"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142372963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Demographic, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Ukrainian war refugees with HIV infection in the Slovak Republic","authors":"Ricardo Massmann ,&nbsp;Kristína Doležalová (Mgr) ,&nbsp;Lubomír Soják ,&nbsp;Olena Samsonová ,&nbsp;Danica Valkovičová Staneková ,&nbsp;Ondrej Zahornacký ,&nbsp;Pavol Jarčuška ,&nbsp;Mária Záriš Vachalíková ,&nbsp;Diana Vološinová ,&nbsp;Ľubica Piesecká ,&nbsp;Veronika Vahalová ,&nbsp;Katarína Šimeková ,&nbsp;Terézia Smiešková ,&nbsp;Alexandra Bražinová ,&nbsp;Ivy Kigen ,&nbsp;Marek Malý ,&nbsp;Ladislav Machala","doi":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102764","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102764","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The Slovak Republic, an Eastern European country, borders Ukraine, which has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS in Europe. This study aims to inform readers about the demographic characteristics of Ukrainian war refugees with HIV/AIDS seeking temporary protection status in Slovakia due to the Russian invasion of February 24, 2022. It focuses on their epidemiology, immunological profiles, co-infections, and treatment.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>Multicenter, retrospective study between March 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data were collected from all Ukrainian patients with refugee status living with HIV or newly diagnosed, who presented to any of the five HIV/AIDS centers in Slovakia. Information was obtained through medical interviews, physical examinations, laboratory tests and medical reports from the Ukrainian Ministry of Health.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>From March 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023, 141 Ukrainian refugees were included, mostly women (56.7 %, n = 80), with a median age of 41 years. The median CD4⁺ count was 680 cells/mL; 69.2 % (n = 97) had a viral load below 40 copies/mL. On arrival, 87.8 % (n = 123) were on ART, 90.2 % (n = 111) on dolutegravir. Coinfections included hepatitis C (31 %, n = 41), hepatitis B (12.5 %, n = 17), and tuberculosis (11.3 %, n = 16). Three died from AIDS complications.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The study provides a detailed overview of the epidemiological, demographic, immunological, co-infection, and treatment characteristics of Ukrainian PLWHA displaced by the war to the Slovak republic. With the conflict ongoing, it is necessary to be prepared for more refugees in the coming months.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23312,"journal":{"name":"Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 102764"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Locally acquired cutaneous larva migrans in Ontario?","authors":"Manreet Dhaliwal,&nbsp;Isaac I. Bogoch","doi":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102765","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102765","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23312,"journal":{"name":"Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease","volume":"62 ","pages":"Article 102765"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142354567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}