Current perceptions of travelers' diarrhea treatments and vaccines: results from a postal questionnaire survey and physician interviews

N Miller, I Saunders - Journal of travel medicine, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background Travelers' diarrhea (TD) occurs at high frequency in individuals from
industrialized countries visiting destinations in nonindustrialized countries and may result in
chronic complications such as Guillain–Barré syndrome. Methods We distributed a
questionnaire requesting information on physicians' perceptions of currently available TD
products, hypothesized TD vaccines, and aspects of travelers' behavior. Some physicians
also were interviewed by telephone. Results We obtained completed questionnaires from …

Current Perceptions of Travelers' Diarrhea Treatments and Vaccines

PA Parment - Journal of travel medicine, 2007 - academic.oup.com
In an article in Journal of Travel Medicine (no. 3, 2007) by Miller and Saunders “Current
perceptions of travelers' diarrhea treatments and vaccines: results from a postal
questionnaire survey and physician interviews,” 1 the authors show in Table 1 that 26.7% of
15 UK physicians recommended cholera vaccine to travelers visiting regions at high risk of
travelers' diarrhea. In a note, they explain that this should be due to “an approved cholera
vaccine, which is sometimes suggested to protect against some forms of TD.” They also …
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