Tropimed® : Summary of the updates from November 2005 to May 2006
June 2006
NEW IN THE PROGRAMM
Diseases
Chikungunya Fever
African Tick-Bite Fever
Travel-Related Diseases and/or Fever in Returning Travelers
Maps
African Tick-Bite Fever Endemic Areas - Africa
Filariasis, Lymphatic Endemic Areas - World
Onchocerciasis Endemic Areas - World
UPDATES AND REVISIONS
Only an abstract of the changes is mentioned below.
Destinations - Country page
Immunuzation Revision of risk levels and vaccination recommendations by country for:
Cholera
Poliomyelitis
Rabies
Tickborne
Encephalitis
Typhoid Fever
Additional Risks
Filariasis, Lymphatic: new disease in the country page with risk level for all 228 countries
Loiasis: entire revision of risk level and comments by country
DOCUMENTS / RECOMMENDATIONS
All the Internet links in the documents have been checked and updated. Many documents have been revised and new references and links added. The date of the updates is indicated on the top of the documents.
Diseases
Entire revision of the disease description for:
Amebiasis [Handout]
Cholera [Handout]
Leptospirosis
Motion Sickness [Handout]
Nipah virus encephalitis
Ross River Fever (epidemic polyarthritis)
Tickborne Encephalitis (TBE)
Typhoid Fever [Handout]
Recommandations
Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule
Vaccination against Hepatitis B
Vaccination against Typhoid Fever
Vaccine Information Resources
Travel-related risks
Muslim Pilgrims: Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia: Medical information [Handout]
Environmental risks
Boat Travel: Boats and cruises [Handout]
High Altitude: Travel to High Altitude
Maps
Cholera - World
Cholera 2004-2006, adapted from WHO April 2006
Loiasis - Africa
Update of the geographical distribution, source: Biological Sciences, Ohio State University and Nematodes.org
Poliomyelitis - World
Source: WHO 2006, adapted
Tickborne Encephalitis - Germany
Update of the Endemic Areas, State March 2006
Tickborne Encephalitis - Switzerland
Update of the Endemic Areas, State April 2006
