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Salt Lake Valley Health Department International Travel Clinic 2001 South State Street S2400 Salt Lake City, Utah 84190 801-468-2813
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Typical Visit (by appointment only) 45 Minute Visit: 1-2 people going to 1 country 45 Minute Visit: 1-2 people going to 1 country Specific vaccine recommendations Specific vaccine recommendations Food and Water precautions Food and Water precautions Insect Borne diseases Insect Borne diseases Other precautions-Lepto, Schisto & other parasites Other precautions-Lepto, Schisto & other parasites Prescriptions-High altitude, Motion sickness, Malaria, Diarrhea treatment, Yeast infection Prescriptions-High altitude, Motion sickness, Malaria, Diarrhea treatment, Yeast infection Repellants-types and appropriate usage Repellants-types and appropriate usage Emergency Evacuation/Medical Insurance Emergency Evacuation/Medical Insurance
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Infectious Diseases Preventable With Vaccines Hepatitis A Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Typhoid Fever Typhoid Fever Yellow Fever Yellow Fever Meningococcal Meningococcal Measles Measles Polio Polio Japanese Encephalitis Japanese Encephalitis Rabies Rabies
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Illnesses NOT Preventable with vaccines Malaria Malaria Travelers Diarrhea Travelers Diarrhea Altitude Sickness Altitude Sickness Leptospirosis Leptospirosis Leishmaniasis Leishmaniasis Dengue Fever Dengue Fever Avian Influenza Avian Influenza Chikungunya Chikungunya Trypanosomiasis Trypanosomiasis Schistosomiasis Schistosomiasis Tuberculosis Tuberculosis
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Up-to-Date Information Shorelands Travax Software Shorelands Travax Software Updated Continually Updated Continually Centers For Disease Control Centers For Disease Control World Health Organization World Health Organization US Dept. of State US Dept. of State Detailed Yellow Fever and Malaria Maps Detailed Yellow Fever and Malaria Maps Urgent updates via e-mail Urgent updates via e-mail Culture Grams Culture Grams
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Tools & Education MicroMedex MicroMedex Promed E-Mail Promed E-Mail Members of The International Society of Travel Medicine Members of The International Society of Travel Medicine Collaboration with University of Utah Infectious Disease Physicians Collaboration with University of Utah Infectious Disease Physicians Nurses have a Certificate in Travel Health from ISTM- Competency exam for doctors and nurses who provide travel info Nurses have a Certificate in Travel Health from ISTM- Competency exam for doctors and nurses who provide travel info Meet Weekly with Infectious Disease Doctors Meet Weekly with Infectious Disease Doctors Meet Monthly with ID doctors and other travel medicine professionals Meet Monthly with ID doctors and other travel medicine professionals
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Types of Travelers Business Business Vacationers Vacationers Humanitarian Groups Humanitarian Groups Visiting Friends/Relatives Visiting Friends/Relatives Adoption Adoption Missionaries Missionaries
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