Travel Medicine
Mostrando 1-12 de 19 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. Revisiting the History of Chagas Disease: "Live to tell"
Abstract In 1907, Carlos Chagas was designated to fight paludism in the Rio das Velhas region along the Central do Brasil railroad. During his field research, Chagas discovered a hematophagous insect ( Panstrongylus megitus ) carrying a new trypanosomatide, which he named Trypanosoma cruzi . On April 14th, 1909, he found the same parasite in the blood of a f
International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences. Publicado em: 2022
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2. Seroprevalence of varicella antibodies in adults without clinical history of disease
Resumo: A varicela é uma doença potencialmente grave em adultos e em pacientes imunocomprometidos. O diagnóstico clínico da varicela apresenta alta acurácia, e o relato da doença na história individual tem alto valor preditivo positivo para a proteção. Entretanto, uma proporção significativa de adultos, principalmente os mais idosos, não se lembr
Cad. Saúde Pública. Publicado em: 20/01/2020
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3. Addressing travelers’ perception of risk in pre-travel care: Reports from a travel clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Travel medicine is aimed at promoting health risk reduction. However, travelers’ perception of risk is subjective and may influence implementation of recommendations. This study reports on travelers’ perception of risk, pre-travel characteristics, and recommended interventions. METHODS: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.. Publicado em: 16/05/2019
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4. Preventing diseases in round-the-world travelers: a contemporary challenge for travel medicine advice
Abstract Providing advice for travelers embarking on long-term trips poses a challenge in travel medicine. A long duration of risk exposure is associated with underuse of protective measures and poor adherence to chemoprophylaxis, increasing the chances of acquiring infections. Recently, in our clinic, we observed an increase in the number of travelers under
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.. Publicado em: 2018-04
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5. Viajes y redes profesionales en los orígenes del alienismo español
Abstract This article examines the importance of travel and professional networks in the origins of Spanish psychiatry. After reviewing the early alienists’ Enlightenment predecessors and their therapeutic and professional trajectories, it describes the trips to foreign psychiatric institutions made during the second third of the nineteenth century by a gr
Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos. Publicado em: 2016-12
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6. Implantação de uma Unidade Sentinela Centro de Referência em Medicina Internacional e de Viagem no Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Goiás (HC / UFG) / Introduction of Sentinel Unit Reference Center in International and Travel Medicine in General Hospital at Federal University of Goiás.
Introdução: O número de viagens nacionais e internacionais cresceu nos últimos anos, assim a Medicina de Viagem,passou a ser tema relevante, com o surgimento de serviços que prestam atendimento de saúde aos viajantes. Objetivo: Avaliar estratégias usadas na implantação de Unidade Sentinela Centro de Referência em Medicina Internacional e de Viagem
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 03/12/2010
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7. Implantação de uma Unidade Sentinela Centro de Referência em Medicina Internacional e de Viagem no Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Goiás (HC / UFG) / Introduction of Sentinel Unit Reference Center in International and Travel Medicine in General Hospital at Federal University of Goiás.
Introduction: The number of domestic and international travel has increased in past years. This way, Travel Medicine, has become an important subject, with the emergence of services that provide health care to travelers. Objective: To evaluate strategies used in deploying Sentinel Unit Reference Center for International and Travel Medicine at the HC / UFG. M
Publicado em: 2010
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8. The public health implications of melioidosis
Melioidosis, which is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is a potentially fatal tropical infection, little known outside its main endemic zone of Southeast Asia and northern Australia. Though it has received more attention in recent years on account of its claimed suitability as a biological weapon agent, the principal threat from melioidosis
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Publicado em: 2009-02
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9. Medicine travel and vulnerability: a study of case in Serra da Capivara in the National Park, Piauí-Brasil / Medicina de viagem e vulnerabilidade: um estudo de caso no parque nacional Serra da Capivara, Pi-Brasil.
Diante da crescente consolidação da medicina de viagem a presente pesquisa tem como objetivo identificar as situações de vulnerabilidade à saúde de viajantes em área de caatinga tendo como referencia um Parque Nacional localizado no sudeste do Piauí, BR. Os públicosalvo foram os grupos dos informantes (condutores de visitantes, gerentes/responsávei
Publicado em: 2005
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10. The pharmacist in public health services: the experience of the municipality of Ribeirão Preto (SP) Brazil / O farmacêutico no serviço público de saúde: a experiência do Município de Ribeirão Preto - SP
This work was based on the qualitative study of the documental analysis over the period of 1988 to 2001, about the implement of Pharmaceutical Assistance in the Health Municipal Secretary Ribeirão Preto. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pharmaceutical work development factors in this Secretary as well as the impact of the decentralization pr
Publicado em: 2003
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11. A week in the life of a travel clinic.
International travel has increased enormously in recent years. With the greater movement of people have come increased encounters with a wide variety of diseases: malaria, dengue, cholera, typhoid fever, Ebola virus, and many more. The need for greater scope, consistency, and knowledgeability in pretravel health care to meet these challenges has been met by
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12. Travel Medicine: A Handbook for Practitioners