 
| Course: |
Travel Medicine 1606
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| Target Audience: |
| This activity is intended for the travel medicine specialist. |
| Sponsor: |
| This activity is sponsored by AHC Media. |
| Accreditation: |
| AHC Media is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. |
| Credit Designation: |
| AHC Media designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. |
| Faculty |
Physician Editor
Frank J. Bia, MD, MPH
Professor (Emeritus) of Internal Medicine
(Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology)
Yale University School of Medicine
Peer Reviewer
Lin H. Chen, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Harvard Medical School, Director
Travel Medicine Center
Mt. Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA.
Executive Editor
Gary Evans
AHC Media
Associate Editors
Brian G. Blackburn, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Michele Barry, MD, FACP
Senior Associate Dean for Global Health
Stanford University School of Medicine
Philip R. Fischer, MD, DTM&H
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Mary-Louise Scully MD
Director
Travel and Tropical Medicine Center
Samsun Clinic
Santa Barbara, CA
Author
Anna Mrelashvili
Resident
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| Subjects: |
- Oral Transmission of Chagas Disease: New Epidemiology for an Old Disease
- Nodding Syndromein South Sudan
- Sarcocystosis in Travelers to Tioman Island, Malaysia
- US Malaria cases rise, including 9 fatalies
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| Objectives: |
- discuss the latest data regarding the diagnosis and treatment of various travel-related diseases
- explain new data concerning recommended precautions and prophylaxis for patients traveling to specific areas of the world
- implement strategies in the practice setting to inform patients of disease outbreaks and epidemics relevant to their travel plans
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| Financial Disclosure: |
Travel Medicine Advisors Physician Editor, Frank J. Bia, MD, MPH, reports no financial relationships to this field of study.
Peer Reviewer Lin Chen, MD, Executive Editor Gary Evans, Associate Editors Brian G. Blackburn, MD, Michele Barry, MD FACP, Philip R. Fischer, MD, DTM&H, Mary-Louise Scully, MD, and Author Anna Mrelashvili report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.
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