CDC Yellow Book 2020 - Health Information for International Travel (Hardcover)

The definitive reference for travel medicine, updated for 2020! "A beloved travel must-have for the intrepid wanderer." -Publishers Weekly "A truly excellent and comprehensive resource." -Journal of Hospital Infection The CDC Yellow Book offers everything travelers and healthcare providers need to know for safe and healthy travel abroad. This 2020 edition includes: * Country-specific risk guidelines for yellow fever and malaria, including expert recommendations and 26 detailed, country-level maps * Detailed maps showing distribution of travel-related illnesses, including dengue, Japanese encephalitis, meningococcal meningitis, and schistosomiasis * Guidelines for self-treating common travel conditions, including altitude illness, jet lag, motion sickness, and travelers' diarrhea * Expert guidance on food and drink precautions to avoid illness, plus water-disinfection techniques for travel to remote destinations * Specialized guidelines for non-leisure travelers, study abroad, work-related travel, and travel to mass gatherings * Advice on medical tourism, complementary and integrative health approaches, and counterfeit drugs * Updated guidance for pre-travel consultations * Advice for obtaining healthcare abroad, including guidance on different types of travel insurance * Health insights around 15 popular tourist destinations and itineraries * Recommendations for traveling with infants and children * Advising travelers with specific needs, including those with chronic medical conditions or weakened immune systems, health care workers, humanitarian aid workers, long-term travelers and expatriates, and last-minute travelers * Considerations for newly arrived adoptees, immigrants, and refugees Long the most trusted book of its kind, the CDC Yellow Book is an essential resource in an ever-changing field - and an ever-changing world.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2019
Authors:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Editors:	Gary W. Brunette (Chief) • Jeffrey B. Nemhauser (Senior Medical Officer and Clinical Team Lead)
Dimensions:	261 x 185 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	744
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-006597-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Epidemiology & medical statistics Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Infectious & contagious diseases > General
LSN:	0-19-006597-4
Barcode:	9780190065973

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