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Long distance journeys are more and more frequent. Beside malaria prophylaxis, the general practitioner shall consider several points. Vaccinations against tetanus, diphtheria and (for a few years at least) polio should be done every ten years. Hepatitis A vaccine shall often be done (with > 20 years protection) but typhoid fever vaccine shall be limited to adventurous and/or long stays. Yellow fever vaccine (10 years validity) is only administrated in specialised centers; this is the only mandatory vaccine for certain african or south american countries. In certain instances, one shall consider vaccination against hepatitis B, meningococcal meningitis or, less often, against rabies, central european or japanese encephalitis. The vaccine against cholera (numerous side effects and poor efficacy) is no more available.
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PMID:[Vaccinations for the traveller]. 1242 42

Long distance journeys are more and more frequent. Beside malaria prophylaxis, the general practitioner shall consider several points. Vaccinations against tetanus, diphtheria and (for a few years at least) polio should be done every ten years. Hepatitis A vaccine shall often be done (with > 20 years protection) but typhoid fever vaccine shall be limited to advanturous and/or long stays. Yellow fever vaccine (10 years validity) is only administrated in specialised centers; this is the only mandatory vaccine for certain african or south american countries. In certains instances, one shall consider vaccination against hepatitis B, meningococcal meningitis or, less often, against rabies, central european or japanese encephalitis. The vaccine against cholera (numerous side effects and poor efficacy) is no more available.
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PMID:[Vaccinations for the traveler]. 1259 70

Travel is associated with a number of neurological disorders that can be divided into two categories: (1) Neurological infections including encephalitides, neurotuberculosis, neurobrucellosis, cysticercosis and trichinosis. Some of these disorders can be prevented by vaccinations, such as Japanese B encephalitis and rabies, some by the use of insect repellents and some by avoiding raw milk products and undercooked meat. (2) Non-infective neurological disorders, such as acute mountain sickness and high altitude cerebral oedema, problems occurring during air travel such as syncope, seizures, strokes, nerve compression, barotrauma and vertigo, motion sickness and foodborne neurotoxic disorders such as ciguatera, shellfish poisoning and intoxication by cassava. This group of diseases and disorders could be prevented if the traveller knows about them, applies simple physiological rules, takes some specific medications and knows how to avoid intoxications in certain geographical areas. Meningococcal meningitis, malaria and jet lag syndrome are extensively discussed in other articles of this issue. The discussion in this paper will be limited to the other disorders.
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PMID:Neurological disorders and travel. 1261 85

In recent supplement of neuroendocrinology letters, first time the authors from West and East, North and South of EU and the "Third World" present data on neuroinfections in high technology society - on nosocomial meningitis and vice versa in low technology and income countries of sub-Saharan Africa. 14 years survey of 171 cases of nosocomial paediatric meningitis is presented by Rudinsky et al. [1] and subpopulations of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa [1,2] within last 20 years are briefly analyzed by Huttova et al. [2] and Ondrusova et al. [3]. All cases were complicating high technology procedures, such as neurosurgery, very low birth weight neonates after shunt implants etc. Current problems of management of nosocomial meningitis are reviewed by Bauer et al. [4] and consequence of inappropriate therapy by Huttova et al. [5]. Another high technology associated infection is septic embolisation followed by brain abscess and meningitis in patients with endocarditis after cardiac surgery (Kovac et al.) [6]. Experience from more than 600 cases is discussed in the article by Karvaj et al. [7] who outlines extremely high mortality in patients with endocarditis embolizing to central nervous system - up to 60%. The rest of papers are in contrary to problems of neuroinfections in EU and US focused on meningitis and cerebral malaria as commonest neuroinfections in the third world: 261 cases of cerebral malaria are discussed in a brief research note by Sudanese team of tropical programme in area of famine and civil war in southern Sudan (Bartkovjak and Ianetti et al.) [8]. Fungal neuroinfections complicating AIDS are of decreasing trend as reported by Njambi et al. from Kenya [9] and data from 497 cases from Uganda, Ethiopia and Burundi are presented by Benca et al. [10]. Finally an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis is reported by Benca et al. [11] from meningitis belt in Darfur and southern Sudan. We hope that the supplement may show difference in etiology, risk factors, therapy and outcome of neuroinfections (which is a burning public health and social problem in tropics) in other third world countries versus developed high-tech medical settings of US, EU and other high income countries, as presented by Benca et al. [12].
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PMID:Neuroinfections in developed versus developing countries. 1755 64


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