Travel Medicine References: Books, Journals, Articles & Websites

Journal Club

• Enabling clinicians to easily find location-based travel health recommendations—is innovation needed? (R. Lash, J Travel Med)
• Leptospirosis among Returned Travelers: A GeoSentinel Site Survey and Multicenter Analysis-1997-2016 (S. deVries, Am J Trop Med Hyg)
• Clostridium difficile infection in returning travellers (A. Stevens, J Travel Med)
• Travel-Associated Zika Virus Disease Acquired in the Americas Through February 2016: A GeoSentinel Analysis (D. Hamer, Ann Intern Med)
• Evidence-based risk assessment and communication: A new global dengue risk map for travelers and clinicians (E. Jentes, J Travel Med)
• Multistate US Outbreak of Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections Associated with Medical Tourism to the Dominican Republic, 2013-2014 (Jentes, Emerg Infect Dis)
• Chikungunya and Dengue Virus Infections Among United States Community Service Volunteers Returning from the Dominican Republic, 2014 (AJ Millman, Am J Trop Med Hyg)
• Measles in the 21st Century, a Continuing Preventable Risk to Travelers: Data From the GeoSentinel Global Network, (M. Sotir, Clin Infect Dis)

Professional Travel Medicine Journals

• Journal of Travel Medicine
• Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease Journal
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
• Clinical Infectious Diseases

Reference Books

• The Yellow Book (CDC Health Information for International Travel)
• CDC Pink Book: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
• Red Book: American Academy of Pediatrics, Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases
• Control of Communicable Disease Manual (CCDM): American Public Health Association
• International Travel and Health: World Health Organization (WHO)
• International Health Regulations (IHR): World Health Organization (WHO)
• The Practice of Travel Medicine: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Related Websites

• Vaccine Reference Websites
  • Immunization Action Coalition
  • CDC Vaccines & Immunizations
  • Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recall and withdrawal website
• US Government Websites
  • U.S. State Department Travel Site
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • U.S. Embassies
  • Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
  • CIA World Factbook
• International Websites
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
  • National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) (UK)
• Professional Travel Medicine Organizations
  • International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM)
    • GeoSentinel 
      Worldwide communication and data collection network for the surveillance of travel related morbidity. A project of ISTM and CDC
  • American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
  • American Travel Health Nurses Association (ATHNA)

For a more complete listing of resources, please see Appendix E: Essential Electronic Resources for the Travel Medicine Practitioner, from the Yellow Book. See section links below for specific resource types:

• Authoritative Travel Medicine Recommendations
• Emerging Diseases And Oubreaks
• Surveillance And Epidemiologic Bulletins
• Vaccine Resources
• Consumer Oriented Travel Health Information And Products
• Overseas Medical And Safety Assistance
• Professional Medical Societies With A Focus On Travelers Health
• Disease Information
• General Travel Aids
• US Organizations Offering Training In Travel Medicine