Health Care Workers and Researchers Traveling to Developing‐World Clinical Settings: Disease Transmission Risk and Mitigation | Zendy

Mark G. Kortepeter | Zendy; Barbara Seaworth | Zendy; Sybil Tasker | Zendy; Timothy Burgess | Zendy; Rodney L. Coldren | Zendy; Naomi Aronson | Zendy

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Health Care Workers and Researchers Traveling to Developing‐World Clinical Settings: Disease Transmission Risk and Mitigation

Author(s) -

Mark G. Kortepeter,

Barbara Seaworth,

Sybil Tasker,

Timothy Burgess,

Rodney L. Coldren,

Naomi Aronson

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/657115

Subject(s) - medicine , disease , health care , tuberculosis , transmission (telecommunications) , global health , resource (disambiguation) , population , environmental health , intensive care medicine , public health , economic growth , nursing , pathology , computer network , engineering , computer science , electrical engineering , economics

With the recent emphasis on funding and training opportunities for global health and humanitarian aid and the increased interest in the field, many health care workers and medical researchers are traveling from resource-replete to resource-limited settings. This type of travel brings unique disease risks not routinely considered for the business or vacationing traveler. This review provides practical advice for this special population of travelers, targeted to specific health care-related risks (needlestick, hemorrhagic fever viruses, severe viral respiratory disease, and tuberculosis), with suggestions for risk mitigation.

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