Travel clinics in pediatric and adolescent travel.

摘要

Millions of children travel overseas from the US every year. More than half of these children are affected by travel-related illness, and some require medical attention. In countries with poor hygiene, 25% to 90% of visitors develop travelers' diarrhea, the most frequently encountered ailment of travelers abroad.to endemic areas and, without chemo-prophylaxis and subsequent rapid diagnosis and treatment, may be fatal. Up to 30,000 European and North American travelers import malaria infections annually. In the US, 1,200 cases of malaria and up to 13 deaths from the disease are reported yearly.