Bilan de santé chez le voyageur asymptomatique au retour des tropiques [Screening the asymptomatic traveler returning from the tropics]

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serval:BIB_85F8D86B3024
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Bilan de santé chez le voyageur asymptomatique au retour des tropiques [Screening the asymptomatic traveler returning from the tropics]
Journal
Revue medicale suisse
Author(s)
Carron C., Cobuccio L., Genton B.
ISSN
1660-9379 (Print)
ISSN-L
1660-9379
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/05/2019
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
15
Number
649
Pages
901-904
Language
french
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
When travelling to a tropical country, the tourist can be exposed to different pathogens that can cause symptoms after a long period of latency. The physician should be informed about the geographical distribution of these diseases (schistosomiasis, Chagas disease, strongyloidiasis), the situations in which an exposure can occur and the presentation of an acute or chronic infection, in order to diagnose them in the presence of symptoms. Moreover, a screening should be offered to certain groups of people considered more at risk of contracting a cosmopolitan illness (HIV) whilst travelling. A specific screening in the returning traveler is thus only justified under particular circumstances that are to be determined by a detailed history or specific signs (screening for schistosomiasis when bathing in fresh water in an endemic area).
Keywords
Humans, Infection/diagnosis, Mass Screening, Schistosomiasis/diagnosis, Strongyloidiasis/diagnosis, Travel
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