Travel Medicine Advisor Archives – February 1, 2008
February 1, 2008
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Malaria Prevention and Travel Vaccines Updates from CDC at Society Meeting
At the 56th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene held Nov. 4-8, 2007, in Philadelphia, Paul Arguin, MD, Chief of the Domestic Malaria Unit at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, presented the Malaria Prevention Update from the CDC. -
Primaquine — Finding Its Niche for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis
A symposium on Plasmodium Vivax (P. vivax) malaria was held at the recent annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Philadelphia. -
Waning Vaccine-Induced Immunity to Varicella
The incidence of chicken pox has decreased dramatically in the United States since implementation of a universal vaccination program in 1995. However, the question of whether or not there is waning immunity to varicella after one dose of vaccine led Chaves and colleagues to investigate the incidence of varicella in individuals vaccinated with one dose of varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccine between 1995 and 2004. -
Requirements for Use of a New International Certificate
In response to the 2005 revision of the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), as of Dec. 15, 2007, a new International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP) has replaced the old certificates. -
Chagas' Disease Highlights
A clinical pre-meeting course at the 56th annual meeting at ASTMH was conducted and entitled, Chagas' Disease: (American Trypanosomiasis): No Longer an Exotic Disease.