James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2003

TM5512:03

Travel Medicine

Townsville HECS Band 3

Semester 2 Limited Attendance.

Staff: Assoc. Professor P Leggat.

This subject consists of a series of modules including travel statistics, vaccination, malaria prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment, travelling with pre-existing illnesses/conditions, general and extreme travel hazards, advice to travellers on preparation, diet, general precautions, recognition of travellers’ illnesses, health intelligence and research into travel health issues, use of travel medicine data bases.

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