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CDC Health Information for International Travel 2008

About the Yellow Book: Front Matter

The front matter from the 2008 printed edition of Health Information for International Travel, pages i-xvi, is included here.

Edited by:

PAUL M. ARGUIN
PHYLLIS E. KOZARSKY
CHRISTIE REED

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control
of Infectious Diseases

Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
Atlanta, Georgia

1600 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Suite 1800
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2899

Published by Elsevier Inc.

CDC HEALTH INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL 2008
ISBN 978-0-323-04885-9

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Suggested Citation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health Information for International Travel 2008. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 2007.

Disclaimer

Both generic and trade names are used in this text. In all cases, the decision to use one or the other was made based on recognition factors and was done for the convenience of the intended audience. Therefore, the use of trade names in this publication is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Preface

The increase in global travel makes us ever more mindful of the importance of staying healthy while traveling. CDC Health Information for International Travel (the Yellow Book) was developed to provide up-to-date and comprehensive information on immunization requirements and health recommendations to protect and promote the health of international travelers. We are pleased to present the 2008 edition and anticipate that the traveling public, health-care providers and public health professionals will find it contains informative and useful tips for healthy travel.

The Travelers’ Health Team of the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases, gratefully acknowledges all the authors and reviewers for their commitment towards bringing this new edition to fruition.

Readers are invited to send comments and suggestions regarding this publication to—

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (E-03)
Attention: Travelers’ Health Team
Atlanta, Georgia 30333

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH, Director

NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS, DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Rima Khabbaz, MD, Director

DIVISION OF GLOBAL MIGRATION AND QUARANTINE
Martin S. Cetron, MD, Director
Nina Marano, DVM, MPH, Chief, Geographic Medicine and Health Promotion Branch
Christie Reed, MD, MPH, Lead, Travelers’ Health Team
Phyllis E. Kozarsky, MD, Expert Consultant, Travelers’ Health
Gary Brunette, MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist
Nancy M. Gallagher, Senior Research Specialist (contractor)
Ava W. Navin, MA, Health Communicator

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ZOONOTIC, VECTOR-BORNE, AND ENTERIC DISEASES DIVISION OF PARASITIC DISEASES
Paul M. Arguin, MD, Malaria Branch

CDC Contributors

Addiss, David
Alexander, James P.
Ansari, Armin
Arguin, Paul M.
Atkinson, William
Baggett, Henry
Barson, John V.
Batts-Osborne, Dahna
Beach, Michael
Beatty, Mark E.
Belay, Ermias D.
Bell, Beth
Bern, Caryn
Branche, Christine
Brooks, John T.
Brunette, Gary
Campbell, Grant L.
Clark, Gary G.
Clark, Thomas
Cohn, Amanda
Conzen, Kendra
Dasch, Gregory A.
Dayan, Gustavo H.
Dowling, Nicole F.
Eidex, Rachel B.
Eremeeva, Marina E.
Fiore, Anthony
Fischer, Marc
Fridkin, Scott
Gallagher, Nancy M.
Gilchrist, Julie

Gould, L. Hannah
Greene, Sharon
Hayes, Edward
Henderson, Alden
Herwaldt, Barbara
Iademarco, Michael F.
Joyce, M. Patricia
Jumaan, Aisha
Koppaka, Ram
Kozarsky, Phyllis
Kretsinger, Katrina
Ksiazek, Thomas G.
Mac Kenzie, William R.
Mali, Sonja
Malilay, Josephine
Maloney, Susan
Marin, Mona
McCarron, Meg
McQuiston, Jennifer
Mead, Paul S.
Menon, Manoj P.
Mauser, Ashley
Messonnier, Nancy
Miller, Charles W.
Mintz, Eric
Mitruka, Kiren
Montgomery, Susan
Moore, Anne
Moore, Matthew
Nasci, Roger S.
Nicolls, Deborah

Parise, Monica E.
Park, Benjamin
Patel, Manisha
Quick, Robert
Reed, Christie
Reef, Susan
Rollin, Pierre E.
Rotz, Lisa
Roy, Sharon
Rubin, Carol
Rupprecht, Charles E.
Russell, Michelle
Schonberger, Lawrence B.
Sejvar, James J.
Shay, David K.
Shealey, Katherine
Sleet, David
Steele, Stefanie
Sutton, Madeline Y.
Tiwari, Tejpratap
Uhde, Kristin
Wallace, L. J. David
Watkins, Margaret
Weinberg, Michelle
Weinberg, Nicholas
Widdowson, Marc-Alain
Whatley, Amanda*
Whitney, Cynthia
Wirtz, Robert A.
Workowski, Kimberly A.
Zielinski-Gutierrez, Emily

External Contributors

Blackburn, Brian, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Connor, Bradley A., Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY
Franco-Paredes, Carlos, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Freedman, David O., University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Keystone, Jay , University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Maguire, James H., University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Nord, Daniel A., Divers Alert Network, Durham, NC
Richards, Frank O. Jr., The Carter Center, Atlanta, GA
Shlim, David R., Jackson Hole Travel and Tropical Medicine, Jackson Hole, WY
Wilson, Mary E., Harvard University, Boston, MA

All contributors have signed a statement indicating that they have no conflicts of interest with the subject matter or materials discussed in the document(s) that they have written or reviewed for this book and that the information that they have written or reviewed for this book is objective and free from bias.

Acknowledgments

The Yellow Book editorial team extends sincere thanks to Kevin Liske, Nancy M. Gallagher, Ava W. Navin, Stefanie F. Steele, Betsy Schroeder and Amanda Whatley for their contributions to the production of this book.

*Supported in part by an appointment to the Research Participation Program at the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education through an interagency agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and CDC.

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