Travelers - Diseases transmitted by insect bites
38 important questions on Travelers - Diseases transmitted by insect bites
Insects that transmit disease
Any place the disease lives and can multiply
What are the diseases spread by mosquitoes?
Japanese encephalitis
Malaria
Yellow fever
Zika virus
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What can be done to avoid insect bites?
Permethrin to treat clothing, gear, bed nets (NOT directly to skin)
What live recombinant vaccine is recommended only for those with a past dengue infection?
Where is Japanese Encephalitis infection risk the highest?
What is the Japanese Encephalitis vaccine, and who is it for?
Travelers with extended exposure to outdoors or if plan to spend at least 1 month in endemic area during JE transmission season
What mosquito spreads malaria?
With the Anopheles mosquito as the vector, once in a human host, how does it go through the body?
What is the most common malaria species?
What is the most deadly malaria species?
Why are certain prophylactic meds recommended for malaria?
How can the nausea caused by malaria drugs be decreased?
Malaria prophylaxis meds should be started how many days before travel?
How often are the malaria prophylaxis meds taken?
The malaria prophylaxis meds should be avoided in what?
What malaria prophylaxis can be stopped 4 weeks after travel?
What malaria prophylaxis can be stopped 1 week after travel?
Primaquine
Malaria prophylaxis: Atovaquone/Proguanil (Malarone)
NOT used in: pregnancy, breastfeeding, severe renal impairment
Daily Malaria prophylaxis: Primaquine
NOT used in: G6PD deficiency (hemolytic anemia risk), pregnancy, breastfeeding
What malaria prophylaxis meds are safe in children and pregnancy and taken weekly?
Mefloquine
When is Choloroquine started and stopped?
Stop 4 weeks after
Weekly malaria prophylaxis: Chloroquine
Can cause retinal toxicity/visual changes
Weekly malaria prophylaxis: Mefloquine NOT used in:
Seizures
Arrhythmias
Areas of mefloquine resistance
When is Mefloquine started and stopped?
Stop 4 weeks after
What is the weekly malaria prophylaxis that requires a loading dose started 3 days before travel?
What cannot be used for yellow fever acute infection symptom relief?
What is the LIVE yellow-fever vaccine to prevent and stop transmission?
After yellow fever vaccine, what are patients given? And when are they valid?
10 days after vaccination
How long of protection is given from a single dose of yellow fever vaccine?
Who cannot receive the yellow fever vaccine?
Due to the risk of serious adverse effects, yellow fever vaccination is only recommended for who?
What mosquito primarily spreads the zika virus?
What are the other types of transmission have been reported of zika virus?
What is the most important concern with the zika virus?
Is there a vaccine for zika virus?
Because there is no vaccine for zika virus, how to reduce transmission risk?
Does the CDC recommend pregnant women traveling to any area with ongoing transmission of zika virus?
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