Rationale for review In response to increased concerns about emerging infectious diseases,
GeoSentinel, the Global Surveillance Network of the International Society of Travel Medicine …

Background Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM), a zoonotic helminthiasis imported to Canada
by travelers to the tropics, causes morbidity due to severe, intractable pruritus. Treatment in …

Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) may be emerging among international travellers
and migrants. Limited data exist on mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) in travellers. We …

Millions of children travel annually, whether they are refugees, international adoptees,
visitors, or vacationers. 1–4 In 2015, the International Tourism Organization reported 1.2 …

Epidermal parasitic skin diseases are a family of parasitic diseases which occur globally or
are frequent in special settings. Epidermal parasitic skin diseases occur in travelers and …

The year 2018 heralded many new developments in the field of tropical medicine, including
licensure of novel drugs for novel indications, licensure of existing drugs for existing …

We report the spectrum of skin diseases in returning international travellers seen in our
department, with the participation of a dermatologist for each consultation. Of 135 …

To warn physicians and parents about the risk of macaque bites, we present two pediatric
cases (a 4-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl) of bites sustained while on holiday. The …

Skin lesions are a common reason for returned travelers to seek medical evaluation (table
1). Among more than 17,000 ill returned travelers evaluated at one of the 30 GeoSentinel …

A 29-year-old man living in Singapore developed itching vesiculobullous lesions with
serpiginous erythematous tracks on his toes (Figure 1) and soles, one week after a trip to …