MEDICINA DEL VIAJERO Y ENFERMEDADES IMPORTADAS
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Travel medicine treats and prevents imported diseases, as well as factors that increase the risk of infection in cases of international travel. This branch involves pre-travel evaluation, health education, vaccination and post-travel care; The factors that influence the incidence of an imported infection are migration, poor health infrastructure, unsafe water and food consumption, among others. Imported diseases are acquired in “endemic” regions and are diagnosed in the country of origin; Among the most relevant diseases due to their incidence and mortality are traveler's diarrhea, malaria, dengue, viral hepatitis, yellow fever, Chagas disease, etc. These pathologies imply a major public health problem, which is why active epidemiological surveillance, international coordination and effective and sustainable preventive strategies must be taken into account. It is also essential for health personnel to know about imported diseases for appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
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143-154
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April 21, 2026
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Copyright (c) 2026 Karla Domenica Morales Saquicela, Kevin Salvador Arévalo Goyes, Jorge Roberto Rodas Andrade, Eduardo Andrés Rojas Portéz, Marcos Andrés Calva Torres, Catalina María Hurtado, Samantha Nayeli Minchala García, Noemi Noelia Palacios Caicedo, Camila Valentina Cuesta Buestan, Juan Sebastián Urgilés Beltrán, Ibelice Salome Dután Perez, Diego Martin Reyes Novillo, María Alejandra Mantilla Vicuña, Diana Yamileth González Ortiz, Pablo Segundo Salinas Vázquez, Kevin Ismael Rojas Rojas, Dayana Mishelle Orozco Azuero, Jessica Ximena Humala Rojas, Viviana Elizabeth González Merchán, Niurka Salomé Rojas Avendaño, Andrea Rosana Mogrovejo Avila, Ainhoa Alejandra Guaraca Ortega, Wendy Valentina Mendoza Cajamarca, Dayana Estefania Sacta Rivera, Mercy Daniela Cabrera Vivar, Anabella Inés Zambrano Párrraga, Enma Jacqueline Zambrano Párraga, Anderson Israel Tenezaca Reinoso, Gladys Janneth Peñafiel Ponce, Jordan Smith Colcha González, Luis Alberto Saquicela Espinoza, Gabriela Abigail Campoverde Sigüenza, Evelyn Nathaly Morocho Bustamante, Jacinto Eugenio Pérez Ramírez, Pamela Lissette Pinargote Santana, Jonnathan Paúl Pesántez León, Wilson Javier Mendoza Saeteros, Bryan Antonio Ramón Cáceres, Ivette Denisse Quinteros Sánchez, Susan Karina Ortega Castillo, Juan Francisco Urgiles Rojas, Edith Anahel Morejón Flores, Gustavo Adolfo Espinoza Palomeque, Ana Paulina Inga Macancela, Britney Shamira Macias Zambrano, Nelly Marielena Larrea Semiterra, Omar Segundo Arévalo Goyes, Milagros Valeria González Parra, Juan Manuel González Cárdenas, Esteban Leonardo Coronel Coello, Kerly Monserrath Pinos Larrea, Juan Sebastián Crespo Domínguez, Camila Raquel González González, Larisa Araceli Hurtado Flores, María José Quevedo, Angie Patricia Mogrovejo Coronel, Luis Holguer Idrovo Becerra, Jennifer Mariuxi Álvarez Avendaño; Juan Carlos Santillán Lima
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MEDICINA DEL VIAJERO Y ENFERMEDADES IMPORTADAS. (2026). In INFECTOLOGÍA CLÍNICA TOMO 3 (pp. 143-154). Puerto Madero Editorial Académica. https://doi.org/10.55204/pmea.128.c198
