Manual of Travel Medicine

In this third edition of Manual of Travel Medicine , Australasian healthcare professionals will continue to find the information and advice they need to care for travellers. The Manual is structured as follows: principles of pre-travel healthcare; immunisation; prevention and management of malaria; prevention and management of travellers’ diarrhoea; specific infectious and non-infectious conditions; travellers with specific needs; and health issues in returned travellers. Recommendations for common travel destinations and immunisation and malaria recommendations by country are summarised. For this edition: all original chapters have been reviewed and updated; a chapter, ‘Health issues in returned travellers’, which focuses on the more common and important illnesses and their presentations, has been added; information about and recommendations for the use of new vaccines has been added; 15 of the 21 infection-distribution maps are now printed in full colour; and Mike Starr and Jim Black have joined the author team. For doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, this third edition of the Manual will continue to prove a practical, user-friendly, and authoritative desk-top reference. In this **third edition** of __Manual of Travel Medicine__, Australasian healthcare professionals will continue to find the information and advice they need to care for travellers. * principles of pre-travel healthcare; * immunisation; * prevention and management of malaria; * prevention and management of travellers’ diarrhoea; * specific infectious and non-infectious conditions; * travellers with specific needs; and * health issues in returned travellers. Recommendations for common travel destinations and immunisation and malaria recommendations by country are summarised.* all original chapters have been reviewed and updated; * a chapter, ‘Health issues in returned travellers’, which focuses on the more common and important illnesses and their presentations, has been added; * information about and recommendations for the use of new vaccines has been added; * 15 of the 21 infection-distribution maps are now printed in full colour; and * Mike Starr and Jim Black have joined the author team. For doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, this **third edition** of the __Manual__ will continue to prove a practical, user-friendly, and authoritative desk-top reference. Since publication of the second edition in 2004, travel medicine has changed significantly. International tourist numbers continue to rise; there are now approximately 900 million international trips taken annually worldwide, and almost 7 million outbound trips taken by Australians each year. A greater proportion of travel is also being undertaken by high-risk groups, such as those with immunosuppression, the elderly, pregnant women, and young children, which increases complexities surrounding health issues and disease risks. Travel medicine as a discipline has also evolved substantially, with increasing recognition of the need to make recommendations based on the best available evidence. Accordingly, there has been intensified surveillance of health problems among travellers as well as expansion of research in the field. Previous recommendations were often based on case reports, case series, or studies done by single institutions. More global and generalisable data is now being analysed as a basis for updating travel advice