Clinician Resources

Pre-travel Resources

General Resources
CDC Health Information for International Travel (the Yellow Book) contains the US government's most current travel health guidelines, including pre-travel vaccine recommendations, destination-specific health advice, and easy-to-reference maps, tables, and charts. Available free online and for iOS or  Android.

General Vaccine Information

• Travel Vaccine Quick Guide
• Routine Immunization Schedules
• Vaccine Information Statements (VIS)
• Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (Pink Book)
• Vaccine Administration (Pink Book)
• The Vaccination Records: Finding, Interpreting, and Recording

Pre-travel Care Tools

• Pre-Travel Quick Guide: Highlights major topics for discussion to support your pre-travel consultations with patients traveling abroad.
• Destination Finder for Health Recommendations: Search travel health recommendations by country.
• Providers' Rapid Evaluation Portal (PREP): a free interactive clinical tool to guide you through pre-travel consultations with patients traveling abroad.
• Travel Clinic Locator Tool: provides resources to find pre-travel care at a health department, travel medicine clinic, or yellow fever vaccination clinic.
• Factsheets for Travelers: featuring common travel health topics, general information for travelers, information for travelers with special needs, and information for different types of travel.

Disease-Specific Resources

• Zika Interactive Map: search by location to find out if Zika is in a particular destination.
• Yellow Fever Travel Information: A one-stop shop for yellow fever information, including risk areas, travel notices, and vaccine availability.
• Yellow Fever & Malaria Information by Country Yellow Book country-specific information and maps on yellow fever vaccine requirements and recommendations and malaria transmission information and prophylaxis recommendations.
• Disease directory: information concerning specific diseases that can affect travelers.
• Travel Notices: Get the latest country-specific information on disease outbreaks, special events or gatherings, and natural disasters affecting travelers' health.

Clinical Updates

• Cholera Vaccine for Travelers (Nov 2018)
• Polio Vaccine Recommendations (Oct 2018)
• Yellow Fever Vaccine Recommendations (Sep 2018)
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Post-travel Resources

Patient Symptom Evaluation Tools

• Post-travel Quick Evaluation Guide [PDF – 2 pages]: Includes questions for a quick travel-related medical history to determine patient exposure to health risks after international travel.
• Post-Travel Full Evaluation (Yellow Book): Most post-travel infections become apparent soon after travel, but incubation periods vary, and some syndromes can present months to years after initial infection. When evaluating a patient with a probable travel-related illness, the clinician should consider the items summarized in this tool. Most common symptoms in returned travelers include
• Fever in Returned Travelers
• Persistent Travelers’ Diarrhea
• Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Returned Travelers

Contact Us

• CDC Contact Information for Clinicians [PDF – 2 pages]: Get contact information for CDC assistance and information about infectious diseases..
• Clinical Consultative Services: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene provides a list of physicians who offer clinical consultative service in Tropical Medicine, Medical Parasitology and Travelers' Health.

Continuing Education Credit Courses

• Yellow Fever Vaccine: Information for Health Care Professionals Advising Travelers
• Malaria 101 for the Health Care Provider
• CDC Webinar on Summer Travel 2018

Other Government Resources

• US State Department Travel Site: Information includes safety and security in destinations, passports, visas, and entry/exit requirements
• US Customs and Border Protection: Information about what you can and cannot bring back from your trip abroad
• US Embassies: Helpful in-country contacts during your travel
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA): Information airport security checks
• CIA World Factbook: Background information about countries around the world