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Medical Considerations before International Travel

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  • David O. Freedman, M.D.,
  • Lin H. Chen, M.D.,
  • and Phyllis E. Kozarsky, M.D.

The scope of illnesses that may befall international travelers is broad. A guide to preparing for the preventable causes of illness is provided. Physicians may find it useful in counseling their patients who travel internationally.

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Author Affiliations

From the William C. Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (D.O.F.); the Division of Infectious Diseases, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA (L.H.C.); the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston (L.H.C.); and the Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta (P.E.K.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Freedman at the William C. Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Ave. S., BBRB 203, Birmingham, AL 35294, or at .

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