TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric travelers visiting friends and relatives (VFR) abroad
T2 - Illnesses, barriers and pre-travel recommendations
AU - Hendel-Paterson, Brett
AU - Swanson, Stephen J.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Global mobility has shown a steady rise in recent years, with increased immigration and international travel. The VFR traveler is a traveler whose primary purpose of travel is to visit friends and relatives (VFR), where there is a gradient of risk between home and destination. Children are more likely to be VFR travelers than adults. Pediatric VFR travelers have higher risks for certain infectious travel-related illnesses and face multiple barriers in receiving comprehensive pre-travel care. This review focuses on the current state of knowledge of the pediatric VFR traveler, including epidemiological risks, barriers to adequate pre-travel services, and specific recommendations for disease prevention.
AB - Global mobility has shown a steady rise in recent years, with increased immigration and international travel. The VFR traveler is a traveler whose primary purpose of travel is to visit friends and relatives (VFR), where there is a gradient of risk between home and destination. Children are more likely to be VFR travelers than adults. Pediatric VFR travelers have higher risks for certain infectious travel-related illnesses and face multiple barriers in receiving comprehensive pre-travel care. This review focuses on the current state of knowledge of the pediatric VFR traveler, including epidemiological risks, barriers to adequate pre-travel services, and specific recommendations for disease prevention.
KW - Children
KW - Pre-Travel preparation
KW - Travel
KW - VFR
KW - Visiting friends and relatives
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.09.007
DO - 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.09.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 21074496
AN - SCOPUS:80054062859
SN - 1477-8939
VL - 9
SP - 192
EP - 203
JO - Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
JF - Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
IS - 4
ER -