About 8 per cent of travellers to the developing world require medical care during or after their trip, according to the study of 17,000-plus of them, about a quarter from the Toronto clinic, published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The travellers' destination determines what disease they're apt to get, the study, the first of its kind, concludes.
Fevers from the tropics were seen disproportionately in visitors returning from sub-Saharan Africa or Southeast Asia, and acute diarrhea noted among visitors to south-central Asia. Skin diseases were most apt to be picked up in the Caribbean or Central or South America.
Preventive drugs can cost over $1,000 for a family of four and are no longer covered by OHIP.
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Diseases High Among T.O. Travellers
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God ! It is not about TB being the issue here ! There are ways to control TB .
My concern is the rate of disease coming in through Toronto as it is one of the first major stop for all international fights from overseas.
Secondly my concern is dealing with these illnesses in abundance ,dealing with disease and the amount of medicine that is required to control different diseases . It is a high concern amougst medical officals just how to deal with an epidemic if one strikes .
What is troubling is the immigrants who enter into this country on barges , or ships in containers , speaking of disease coming into this country unnoticed .
In Mexico they sprayed the plane before we were aloud to get off , as they are concerned about visitors bring in disease off their shoes .