Half of those travelling internationally not aware of potential health risks

Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 08:40 in Health & Medicine

More than 30 million people in the United States travel to resource-limited areas of the world each year. This global mobility may contribute to the spread of infectious diseases - such as influenza, measles, and meningitis - and may also put individual travellers at risk for malaria, typhoid, dengue fever and hepatitis. Despite these potential risks, a recent study conducted by the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and published in the Journal of Travel Medicine found that 46 percent of travellers to resource-limited countries did not seek health advice or vaccinations prior to departure...

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