The world is becoming urban. The UN predicts that the world's urban population will almost
double from 3·3 billion in 2007 to 6·3 billion in 2050. Most of this increase will be in …

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or T. b.
rhodesiense remains highly prevalent in several rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and is lethal if …

The objective of this study was to determine whether language barriers during the screening
interview affected the reporting of asylum seekers’ health problems and their referral to …

Current available data on snake bites in Nepal are based solely on hospital statistics. This
communitybased study aimed at evaluating the impact of snake bites and determining the risk …

This open-labeled phase I study provides the first demonstration of the immunogenicity of a
precisely defined synthetic polyoxime malaria vaccine in volunteers of diverse HLA types. …

BACKGROUND: Communication between physicians and patients is particularly challenging
when patients do not speak the local language (in Switzerland, they are known as …

We performed a descriptive analysis of acute and potentially life-threatening tropical diseases
among 82,825 ill western travelers reported to GeoSentinel from June of 1996 to August of …

Background Europeans represent the majority of international travellers and clinicians
encountering returned patients have an essential role in recognizing, and communicating travel-…

Background Migration of Latin Americans to the USA, Canada and Europe has modified
Chagas disease distribution, but data on imported cases and on risks of local transmission …

BACKGROUND: Skin disorders are common in travelers. Knowledge of the relative frequency
of post-travel-related skin disorders, including their geographic and demographic risk …