Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Rabies vaccine research project
May 23rd, 2026If you are generally healthy, live in Brisbane, have never received a rabies vaccine before, and would like to receive them — we would love your help. Our team, in association with The University of Queensland, has commenced a new rabies vaccine research project Boostability of One visit Rabies IntraDermal vaccination (BORID) We are looking […]
Ebola in Central Africa
May 21st, 202621/5/26 Ebola is in the news in Central Africa The risk to tourists visiting the usual tourist areas in Africa ( game parks, Kilimanjaro etc) is extremely low. All Ebola viruses are transmitted through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected animals or humans or objects contaminated with such fluids. This sort of contact […]
Mpox and risk to Travellers
August 17th, 2024WHO has recently declared mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) as a “public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR)”. This is because the disease is increasing in the DRC and spreading to surrounding countries. We are all a bit traumatised by a declaration of a “public health emergency” […]
What is Japanese Encephalitis? Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is a serious viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes. The JE virus primarily affects the brain, leading to inflammation known as encephalitis. It is a member of the flavivirus family, which includes other mosquito-borne viruses such as dengue, yellow fever, and West Nile virus. JE is prevalent in rural […]
Dengue – Day biting Mosquitoes
March 12th, 2024Dengue Fever is relatively common in travellers. Some studies show 1% of travellers to the tropics are exposed to the dengue virus. It is often not diagnosed correctly or may be mistaken for something else. The only way to confirm someone has dengue fever is to have a blood test. Fever after visiting these areas […]
Japanese Encephalitis in Brisbane
March 7th, 2022YIKES As if this year hasn’t been bad enough – with global warming, pandemic, the war in Europe, and flooding across the east coast, now Japanese Encephalitis (JE) – a monstrous disease of travellers has arrived on our doorstep. There has been much in the media like this from the Guardian or this from the […]
News from the travel health trenches
May 24th, 2021Things are quiet, but we are seeing a few travellers – mostly for work trips : Fly in Fly out (FIFO) workers are doing 3 months swings, patients going to help PNG with their vaccine rollout or medical care, but mostly travellers are going to ‘fix things’ – […]
Q&A about Covid Vaccine
March 29th, 2021Is the COVID vaccine mandatory? No – you can choose whether or not you wish to have a COVID vaccine, and you can also decide when you want to have it. If you choose not to have a COVID-19 vaccine, your eligibility for Government payments won’t be affected. It is unclear if […]
10 Tips for surviving 14 days in hotel quarantine
July 25th, 2020Travel Health in the age of COVID Mandatory Hotel Quarantine is a necessary evil in the fight against this virus but it is hard on the “guests”. Those who read the news and think – oh that looks OK…. two weeks in a luxury hotel…. how bad can that be? Well, it’s not completely like […]
Entering Quarantine in Australia
July 17th, 2020Dr Deb Mills I travelled from Dunedin NZ to Brisbane on 10th July 2020. At that time there were no reported cases of community transmission of the new coronavirus in New Zealand so I considered I was more likely to get infected on the flight than bring the disease into Australia. I did not know how […]
