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UNITED STATES TRAVELERS

UNITED STATES TRAVELERS. 25 Million each year 5 Million to developing nations a) ¼ - ½ get some illness (2.5 million) b) 1/100 – 1/1000 get serious illness (25,000 – 250,000) – malaria and filariasis. SCOPE OF THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY. A trillion dollar industry Over 7 million jobs

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UNITED STATES TRAVELERS

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  1. UNITED STATES TRAVELERS • 25 Million each year • 5 Million to developing nations a) ¼ - ½ get some illness (2.5 million) b) 1/100 – 1/1000 get serious illness (25,000 – 250,000) – malaria and filariasis

  2. SCOPE OF THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY • A trillion dollar industry • Over 7 million jobs • In developing nations, often the major source of foreign currency

  3. DEFINITION OF A TRAVELER Someone who goes from an area of the world slightly fecally contaminated to an area where contamination is moderate to severe.

  4. THE FECAL VENEER

  5. International Travel May be Required: • Yellow Fever • Cholera May be Recommended: • Typhoid • Plague • Measles • Polio • Rabies • Hepatitis A • Hepatitis B

  6. Required Immunizations for Travel A. Yellow Fever - Every 10 years for travel to areas infected with yellow fever and to rural areas endemic for yellow fever – equatorial SouthAmerica and Africa. B. Cholera - New serotype Vibriocholera 0139 now affecting Indian subcontinent and Asia. For most travelers, risk remains low. - no country now requires vaccination for direct travel from the United States. - no vaccine will protect against V.cholerae 0139.

  7. Yellow Fever • Attenuated live virus vaccine • Administered at designated centers • Only one injection required • Protection afforded for 10 years • Areas of risk: Equatorial Africa, Central and South America

  8. Cholera Vaccines Inactivated, parenteral - poorly protective (50%) for only a few months - uncomfortable side effects - rarely recommended Experimental A. Inactivated oral vaccine-Whole cell (WC) and B subunit/whole cell (BS/WC) B. Attenuated, live oral vaccine-CVD 103-HgR

  9. CHOLERA • Vaccine of limited usefulness • Risk to U.S. travelers is low (10 cases since 1961, 7 had been vaccinated) • Indicated if passing through endemic regions • One injection meets international requirements • Full series of 3 shots for select patients • Boosters may be required every 6 months

  10. Polio The Americas have now (9/29/94) been declared polio-free! A. Inactivated, parenteral – enhanced (elPV) - should be used in adults (≥ 18 yrs) never previously immunized B. Attenuated, live oral – OPV - can be used to boost previously immunized adults - risk of paralysis 1/1.4 million with first dose; 1/41,500,000 in previously immunized

  11. The Global Effort to Eradicate Polio by 2000 • Before vaccines, 500,000 people a year were paralyzed or died from contracting polio. • In 1996, 400 million children were vaccinated against polio. • Since 1988, cases of polio have dropped 90 percent.

  12. TYPHOID • Attenuated, live oral-Ty 21a mutant of S.Typhi (Vivotif Berna) - well tolerated, 60-70% effective • Inactivated, parenteral-Vi polysaccharide of S.Typhi (Typhim Vi) - well tolerated, 64-72% effective, single dose

  13. Japanese B Encephalitis • Consider travel for > 1 month in rural areas (particularly with rice and pig farming) in Far East • Adverse reactions include local in≈20% and systemic in 10% • Hypersensitivity reactions in 0.01% to 1% which may occur after any dose and be delayed up to 10 days • In passive surveillance by Connaught, none of these reactions have been reported in 200,000 doses distributed

  14. TETANUS & DIPHTHERIA • EVERYONE SHOULD RECEIVE A PRIMARY SERIES • TETANUS-DIPHTHERIA TOXOID BOOSTER IS INDICATED EVERY 10 YEARS • TdAP

  15. MMR 1) Live attenuated measles, mumps, rubella 2) Two dose regimen 3) Avoid Gamma Globulin

  16. OTHER VACCINES • Hepatitis A – most common in developing world • Hepatitis B • Meningococcal • Rabies

  17. Uncommon or Unavailable Vaccines 1) Smallpox 2) Typhus 3) Anthrax 4) BCG

  18. Resurgence of Malaria • Risk in over 100 countries • 300 million cases with 3 million deaths annually • Major problem in Africa and Oceania • Marked increase in drug resistance • Deaths from malaria each year = those from AIDS in the past decade

  19. MALARIA • Prevention-mosquito control • Prophylaxis-depends on geography • Therapy-two principles A. Decrease parasite load B. Then eradicate parasite

  20. PLASMODIA 1) Falciparum-malignant 2) Vivax-has liver phase 3) Ovale-has liver phase 4) Malariae-chronic

  21. MALARIA-CLINICAL 1) Fever, chills, ha, myalgias, nausea 2) Diarrhea, abdominal pain, fatigue, confusion 3) Fevers become cyclic 4) Complications-DIC, splenic rupture, anemia

  22. MOSQUITO PROTECTION 1. DEET 2. Appropriate Clothing 3. Permethrin 4. Screens

  23. ANOPHELES MOSQUITO 1) Silent 2) Night Biting 3) Female

  24. Table 1. Drugs used in the prophylaxis of malaria Drug Adult Dose Chloroquine 300 mg base (500 mg salt) phosphate orally, once/week (Aralen*) Hydroxychloroquine 310 mg base (400 mg salt) sulfate orally, once/week (Plaquenil*) Malarone 250 mg Atovoquone/ 100 mg Proguanil, daily Mefloquine 228 mg base (250 mg salt) (Lariam*) orally, once/week Doxycycline 100 mg orally, once/day Primaquine 15 mg base (26.3 mg salt) orally, _______________________________________________________________________________ The dose (250 mg for an adult) should be taken once each week for 4 weeks, followed by one dose every other week

  25. HYGIENE ABROAD a) Water Acquisition b) Other Beverages c) Food Precautions d) Restaurant Evaluation

  26. Travelers Diarrhea – The Litany Aztec Two Step-Delhi Belly-Rome Runs La Turista-Greek Gallop-Sumatra Spurts Hong Kong Dog-Turkey Trots Cairo Crud-Montezuma’s Revenge

  27. Etiology of Travelers’ Diarrhea 1. E. Coli 50% 2. Shigella/Salmonella 10% 3. Campylobacter 8% 4. Viral 10% 5. Parasites 2% 6. Unknown 20%

  28. Infectious Doses of Enteric Pathogens Shigella 10-100 Campylobacter 1000-100,000 Salmonella 100,000 E. Coli 100 million Cholera 100 million Giardia 10-100 Amoebas 10-1000

  29. Travelers’ Diarrhea Precautions 1. Water Precautions 2. Food Precautions 3. Common Sense

  30. Water Precautions: Avoid 1. Tap water if not treated 2. Ice cubes 3. Fresh milk 4. Bottled water with broken seal Safe 1. Bottled H²O, seal intact 2. Water at facility w/purifier 3. Soft drinks 4. Beer & wine 5. Coffee & tea if H²O boiled

  31. Water Precautions (2) • Alcohol will not disinfect water • Be leery of how glassware, dishes & utensils have been handled and washed • Don’t gargle or brush your teeth with water you wouldn’t drink • If in doubt, draw a glass of HOT water and let it cool, having passed through a hot water heater, it will be pasteurized

  32. FOOD PRECAUTIONS Safe: Meat and fish dishes well done & eaten hot. Vegetables that are thoroughly cooked. Nuts, fruits & vegetables to be peeled, shelled or skinned if purchased intact with no breaks in shell or skin. Chinese restaurants enjoy a reputation of serving safe tasty food worldwide.

  33. FOOD PRECAUTIONS Avoid: Raw eggs Steak tartare Raw meats Undercooked meats Cold Platters Custards Pastries Raw vegetables Salads Dairy products Raw shellfish Certain seafood

  34. RESTAURANT GUIDE • Presence of window and door screens • State of trash containment • Status of the Restrooms • Presence of roaches & flies • Chinese restaurants

  35. TRAVELERS’ DIARRHEA SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT 1) Dietary restrictions 2) Pepto Bismol 3) Immodium 4) Lomotil 5) Lactobacillus

  36. Oral Therapy for Acute Diarrhea • Developed in 1950’s-Glucose and electrolytes • Misconception about hypernatremia • 1960’s-Coupled transport of sodium and glucose • Clinical studies with cholera showed efficacy • Subsequent studies worldwide

  37. TRAVELERS’ DIARRHEA PROPHYLAXIS 1) Generally not advised 2) Short trips only 3) Complications 4) Resistant organisms

  38. TRAVELERS’ DIARRHEA PROPHYLAXIS • Pepto Bismol • Antibiotics a) Quinolones b) Rifaximin

  39. EARLY TREATMENT OF TRAVELER’S DIARRHEA • Effective and proven • Short course – 3 Days • Pepto Bismol – Less effective • Antibiotics a) Quinolones b) Rifaximin c) Azithromicin

  40. Special Risks of Travel 1) Motor vehicle accidents 2) Motion sickness 3) High altitude 4) Bites/stings/sun 5) Jet lag

  41. ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS • HEADACHE • WEAKNESS & LASSITUDE • GI DISTRESS • DIZZINESS • SHORTNESS OF BREATH • ANOREXIA • DISTURBED SLEEP

  42. OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASE RISKS • STD’s • HIV • Schistosomiasis • Lepto-spirosis’ • Dengue • Plague • Sleeping sickness • Parasites

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