Travel Pattern and Prescription Analysis at a Single Travel Clinic Specialized for Yellow Fever Vaccination in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Travel-related risks for infectious diseases vary depending on travel patterns such as purpose, destination, and duration. In this study, we describe the patterns of travel and prescription of vaccines as well as malaria prophylaxis medication (MPM) at a travel clinic in South Korea to identify the gaps to fill for the optimization of pre-travel consultation.

Materials and methods

A cohort of travel clinic visitors in 2011 was constructed and early one-third of the visitors of each month were reviewed. During the study period, 10,009 visited the travel clinic and a retrospective chart review was performed for 3,332 cases for analysis of travel patterns and prescriptions.

Results

People receiving yellow fever vaccine (YFV) (n = 2,933) were traveling more fre

SUBMITTER: Chin BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4835431 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature