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Travel Medicine / Vaccination / Immunization 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.
Questions
Hello Dr. Parks:
I was recently diagnosed with Q-fever and my local ID was not familiar at all with it.
I have a couple of questions...
Hi
In 1998 I visited Nigeria. Two months after returning, i took a leave of absence from school due to the following syptoms:
--un...
I am a 30 year old female and have a question concerning Malaria. I just returned last Sunday (3/23) from a week in Honduras where I spe...
Hello Dr. Parks,
I am hoping to do some traveling with our daughter when she is 13 to 20 months old. It seems that all of the places ...
I Volunteered in Kenya for three months in 2005. While I was there, I contracted a bladder infection from swimming in an overcrowded poo...
Hi Doctor,
I am a 35 year old female, who for the past 5 years has suffered with mild proctitis and IBS and upper GI discomfort (dysp...
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