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The front matter from the printed edition of CDC Health Information for International Travel 2012, pages i-xxi, is included here.

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Editor in Chief

Gary W. Brunette, MD, MS

Medical Editors

Phyllis E. Kozarsky, MD
Alan J. Magill, MD
David R. Shlim, MD

Managing Editor

Amanda D. Whatley, MPH

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Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Health Information for International Travel 2012. New York: Oxford University Press; 2012.

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Editorial Staff

Editor in Chief: Gary W. Brunette
Medical Editors: Phyllis E. Kozarsky, Alan J. Magill, and David R. Shlim
Managing Editor: Amanda D. Whatley
Design and Production Editor: Kelly Holton
Editorial Advisor: C. Virginia Lee
Technical Writer-Editors: Ronnie Henry and Ava W. Navin
Editorial Assistant: Tricia A. Schwartz
Cartographer: Kevin Liske

CDC Contributors

Alexander, James P.
Allen, Jessica
Anderson, Alicia
Ansari, Armin
Arguin, Paul M.
Atkinson, William
Bair-Brake, Heather
Balaban, Victor
Ballesteros, Michael F.
Barskey IV, Albert E.
Barzilay, Ezra J.
Batts, Dahna
Bern, Caryn
Bhattarai, Achuyt
Blaney, David D.
Boore, Amy L.
Bowen, Anna
Brogdon, William G.
Brooks, John T.
Brown, Clive M.
Brunette, Gary W.
Buff, Ann M.
Cantor, Amanda
Chang, Loretta S.
Chiller, Tom M.
Cohn, Amanda
Czarkowski, Alan G.
Dasch, Gregory A.
Date, Kashmira
De, Barun K.
Dhara, V. Ramana
Dubray, Christine
Nuorti, J. Pekka
Ong, Kanyin L.
Ortega, Luis S.
Powers, Ann M.
Reef, Susan E.
Reynolds, Mary G.
Rollin, Pierre E.
Roy, Monika
Roy, Sharon L.
Rupprecht, Charles E.
Schilling, Katharine A.
Schwartz, Tricia A.
Shadomy, Sean V.
Sharapov, Umid M.
Shay, David K.
Shealy, Katherine

Dunne, Eileen F.
Dykewicz, Clare A.
Eremeeva, Marina E.
Fagan, Ryan P.
Fiebelkorn, Amy Parker
Fischer, Marc
Fox, LeAnne M.
Gallagher, Kathleen M.
Gallagher, Nancy M.
Galland, G. Gale
Garrison, Laurel E.
Gee, Jay E.
Gershman, Mark
Gibney, Katherine B.
Gould, L. Hannah
Green, Michael D.
Griffi th, Kevin S.
Griffi n, Patricia M.
Guerra, Marta A.
Hall, Aron J.
Herwaldt, Barbara L.
Hicks, Lauri A.
Hills, Susan L.
Hlavsa, Michele C.
Holmberg, Scott
Illig, Petra A.
Jackson, Michael L.
Jentes, Emily S.
Johnson, Katherine J.
Jones, Jeffrey L.
Koumans, Emilia H.
Kozarsky, Phyllis E.
Skoff, Tami H.
Slaten, Douglas D.
Sleet, David A.
Smith, Jean Clare
Smith, Theresa L.
Sommers, Theresa E.
Staples, J. Erin
Steele, Stefanie F.
Stoddard, Robyn
Sutton, Madeline Y.
Tan, Kathrine R.
Teo, Chong-Gee
Teshale, Eyasu H.
Thomas, Cynthia G.
Tiwari, Tejpratap S. P.
Tomashek, Kay M.

Kroger, Andrew
Kutty, Preeta K.
Lee, C. Virginia
LoBue, Philip
Lopman, Ben
Lynch, Michael
MacNeil, Adam
Mali, Sonja
Malilay, Josephine
Maloney, Susan A.
Marano, Nina
Marienau, Karen J.
Markowitz, Lauri E.
Marshall, Candace M.
Mathieu, Els
McCarron, Margaret
McLean, Huong Q.
McQuiston, Jennifer
Mead, Paul S.
Miller, Charles W.
Miller, Jeffrey R.
Mintz, Eric
Mitruka, Kiren
Montgomery, Susan
Moore, Anne
Moro, Pedro L.
Mullan, Robert J.
Nasci, Roger S.
Naughton, Mary P.
Navin, Ava W.
Nett, Randall J.
Novak, Ryan T.
Uzicanin, Amra
Viray, Melissa
Wallace, Gregory S.
Warnock III, Eli W.
Wassilak, Steven G. F.
Waterman, Stephen H.
Watson, John C.
Weinberg, Michelle
Weinberg, Nicholas
Whatley, Amanda D.
Wilson, Todd W.
Wirtz, Robert A.
Workowski, Kimberly
Yanni, Emad A.
Zielinski-Gutierrez, Emily
 

External Contributors

Name Affiliation
Acosta, Rebecca W. Traveler’s Medical Service of New York, New York, NY
Ahmed, Qanta State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY; Glasgow Caledonian University
School of Public Health, Scotland, UK; and Templeton-Cambridge Journalism
Fellow, England, UK
Ansdell, Vernon E. University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Backer, Howard D. California Health and Human Services Agency, Sacramento, CA
Barbeau, Deborah Nicolls Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Barnett, Elizabeth D. Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Borwein, Sarah T. TravelSafe Medical Centre, Hong Kong, China
Brownstein, John S. Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Carroll, I. Dale The Pregnant Traveler, Spring Lake, MI
Cersovsky, Steven B. US Army Public Health Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Chavez, Gilberto F. Center for Infectious Disease, California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, CA
Connor, Bradley A. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY
DeFraites, Robert F. Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Silver Spring, MD
Ebner, Jodi Center for Global Education, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Franco-Paredes, Carlos Emory University, Atlanta, GA, and Hospital Infantil de México, Federico Gómez, México DF, México
Freedman, David O. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Freifeld, Clark C. Children’s Hospital Informatics Program at the Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Boston, MA
Gushulak, Brian D. Migration Health Consultants, Cheltenham, Canada
Hackett, Peter H. Institute for Altitude Medicine, Telluride, CO, and Altitude Research Center, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Harriman, Kathleen H. California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA
Hidron, Alicia I. Emory University and Atlanta Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, GA
Hochberg, Natasha Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Howard, Cynthia R. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
John, Chandy C. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Jong, Elaine C. University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Kain, Kevin C. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Keystone, Jay S. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
LaRocque, Regina C. Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, MA
Mackell, Sheila M. Mountain View Pediatrics, Flagstaff, AZ
Magill, Alan J. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD
McCarthy, Anne E. Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa Canada
Neumann, Karl Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Nord, Daniel A. Divers Alert Network, Durham, NC
Offit, Paul The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Ostroff, Stephen M. Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, PA
Rhodes, Gary Center for Global Education, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Ryan, Edward T. Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, MA
Schantz, Peter M. Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Shlim, David R. Jackson Hole Travel and Tropical Medicine, Jackson Hole, WY
Sonricker, Amy L. Children’s Hospital Informatics Program at the Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Boston, MA
Stauffer, William M. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, and CDC, Atlanta, GA
Walker, Patricia F. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, and HealthPartners, Center for International Health and Travel Medicine Clinics, St. Paul, MN
Wilson, Mary Elizabeth Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

All contributors have signed a statement indicating that they have no conflicts of interest with the subject matter or materials discussed in the document(s) that they have written or reviewed for this book and that the information that they have written or reviewed for this book is objective and free from bias.

Acknowledgments

The CDC Health Information for International Travel 2012 editorial team gratefully acknowledges all the authors and reviewers for their commitment to this new edition. We extend sincere thanks to the following people for their contributions to the production of this book:

  • Elise Beltrami, Clive Brown, Mark Gershman, Emily Jentes, Katherine Johnson, and Theresa Sommers for their extensive review of the text.
  • Erin Carner, Samantha Dolan, Stefanie Erskine, Candace Marshall, Crystal Polite, Rhett Stoney, and Cathy Young for their assistance in preparing the text for publication.

Preface

To stay on the cutting edge of travel health information, this latest edition of CDC Health Information for International Travel has been extensively revised. The book serves as a guide to the practice of travel medicine, as well as the authoritative source of US government recommendations for immunizations and prophylaxis for foreign travel. As international travel continues to become more common in the lives of US residents, having at least a basic understanding of the medical problems that travelers face has become a necessary aspect of practicing medicine. The goal of this book is to be a comprehensive resource for clinicians to find the answers to their travel health-related questions.

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