CDC Yellow Book 2024

For over half a century, the CDC Yellow Book has been a trusted resource, providing international travelers and clinicians with expert guidance for safe and healthy travel abroad.

Along with disease-specific prevention and treatment recommendations, this comprehensive reference text provides readers with the background and context needed to understand and address health threats associated with all types of international travel.

FEATURED IN THIS EDITION:

Precautions for international travelers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, including links to updated information on related CDC and US government websites

Updates on practicing travel medicine in a virtual environment

New standalone vaccine tables for bacterial and viral diseases with links to the relevant Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and US FDA websites

Safe international travel with pets and service animals

Advice for obtaining healthcare abroad including guidance on different types of travel insurance

Guidelines for self-treating common travel conditions including altitude illness, jet lag, motion sickness, and travelers' diarrhea

Detailed maps showing the distribution of travel-associated infections and diseases, including dengue and meningococcal meningitis

Country-specific mosquito avoidance, yellow fever vaccine, and malaria prevention recommendations

Food and drink precautions, plus updated water-disinfection techniques

Expanded content on safe international travel for specific groups including: LGBTQ+ individuals, highly allergic travelers, travelers with substance use issues, and medical tourists

Specialized recommendations for non-leisure travelers, study abroad, work-related travel, and travel to mass gatherings

Health insights for 14 popular destinations and itineraries in Africa and the Middle East, the Americas and the Caribbean, and Asia

Considerations for newly arrived adoptees, immigrants, and refugees

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

ISBN:

978-0-19-757094-4

Specialty:

• Community Health & Disease Prevention
• Medical Education

Language:

English

Edition:

2024

Pages:

912

Publication Year:

2023

Doody's Star Rating®:

Score:

98

Doody Core Title Score:

• 1.87 (Infectious Disease)
• 2.23 (General Internal Medicine)