Travel Medicine/Vaccination/ Immunization Expert Forum
Questions in the Travel Medicine forum are answered by Dr. Philip D Parks, affiliated with Harvard School of Public Health. Topics covered include disease prevention, finding a doctor abroad, food and water safety, illness and injury abroad, mosquito and tick protection, resources for travelers, traveling with children or pets, traveling with special needs, vaccinations and immunizations.
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Iam a medical doctor from India. Here many intramuscular injections are given in triceps. but when I search in the ...
ahmadaiasraSep 10, 2012
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I have taken a half filled multishot-vial for ticks to give my dog from someone who keeps more than 100 dogs and wh...
junabugSep 09, 2012
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Hello recently my wife found out she had latent tuberculosis and has been taking antibiotics. A few days after taking...
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My sister is volunteering in Ghana for the first time and she thinks she and her friends have contracted onchocercias...
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can i get rabies infection from stray dog when its mouth hit in my legg when i traveling in motorcycle.i have seen a ...
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My result for Varicella titer came back negative. I do not have history of Chickenpox. I was given 2 Varicella vaccin...
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Hello;
I just finished reciveing rabies shots. They gave me at day 0 , 2 shoots at day 7 , 1 shoot and day 21, 1...
mwk92681May 31, 2012
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Good afternoon/evening!
I’ve been reading the news about Chagas disease lately and I have a concern and some quest...
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I had this injection on the 3rd May which includes Diphtheria toxoid/Human poliovirus type 1 inactivated/Human poliov...
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Doc,
I am in a fairly high risk malaria area and forgot to take my malarone for the first 2 months while here in c...
CFS56May 28, 2012
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I have been feeding a stray cat for a couple of weeks. Tonight he rolled over playing and clawed my foot. Barely br...
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i have taken rabipur ( rabies vaccine ) 5 shots previous week it was completed on 22 nd of April 2012 unfortunately...
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Hi I'm back from honeymoon nearly two weeks now, we began our travels on the 28th March and stayed in Bangkok and the...
Dear Doctor
My daughter received the varicella vaccine at about 18mths and a second one at about 20mths. Followin...
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In July 2011 I went to Bali. One morning, I had a shower and noticed a small bit of dried blood on top...
Dear Doctor,
I had a WBC of 20 and pinpoint rashes on my legs and an itchy rash under my skin- I've been exhausted f...
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Hi Doc!
I have to get a yellow fever vaccine before i travel to Africa on April 2. I need to get it soon (today o...
bobo0110Mar 02, 2012
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Dear Doctor,
Can Rabies vaccine cause Rabies. As i know there's inactive Rabies virus in vaccine. Can they be active...
Evey321Mar 04, 2012
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Hi! I have a dog living in my apt whichi used to live in a camp and was in the wild, I vaccinated (the first shot )al...
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I recently assisted on a surgical procedure, Appendectomy t a patient who has been diagnosed to have rabies 24 hours ...
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