What is Travel Medicine?

Travel Medicine (TM) is a nontraditional medical specialty, which has evolved over the last decade in response to a growing demand for information regarding advice to prospective travelers as well as evaluations of ill returning travelers. A TM practice is dedicated to all factors that can affect the health and well-being of people during travel and draws from a variety of medical fields such as:

• Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Infectious Diseases
• Public Health and Preventive Medicine
• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
• Bioterrorism
• Geographic/ Environmental/Wilderness/Adventure Medicine
• Zoonotic Diseases/Diseases Related to Animals/Veterinary Medicine
• Vector-Borne Diseases/Vector Biology
• Parasitology
• Genetic Diseases in Ethnic Groups
• Health and Human Rights
• Complex Humanitarian Assistance During Conflict and Natural Disasters
• Immigration and Human Migration
• Cultural Diversity
• Social and Geopolitical Structure

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