TY - JOUR T1 - Immunizations, medications, and common sense for the international traveler. A1 - Gardner,P, PY - 1990/6/1/pubmed PY - 1990/6/1/medline PY - 1990/6/1/entrez SP - 179 EP - 97 JF - Infectious disease clinics of North America JO - Infect Dis Clin North Am VL - 4 IS - 2 N2 - Health advice for international travelers should be individualized, taking into account the itinerary, the lifestyle of the traveler, the duration of travel, the patient's medical history, and other modifying factors. Although patients often seek advice because of immunization requirements, the pretravel visit should consider additional indicated immunizations; health maintenance advice regarding food, drink, and activities; malaria prevention when indicated; and diarrhea management. The traveler should be advised about a basic medical kit and receive information as to where to seek medical advice should serious illness develop while travelling. SN - 0891-5520 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/2345287/Immunizations_medications_and_common_sense_for_the_international_traveler_ L2 - https://medlineplus.gov/immunization.html DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -