Manual of Travel Medicine
暫譯: 旅行醫學手冊

這本廣受好評的書籍第四版提供了一個權威且最新的資源，以支持旅行醫學的良好實踐，這個領域在近年來已經有了顯著的發展。具體來說，對於旅行者的健康問題進行了加強監測，並且進行了廣泛的研究努力，這些都促成了基於證據的方法在該領域的發展。

本書包含了專家的建議，例如免疫接種、瘧疾預防、旅行者腹瀉、高山病、新興感染以及旅行者所面臨的非傳染性健康問題。它提供了一種實用的方法來進行旅行前的諮詢和管理大多數在旅行醫療中出現的問題。此外，它還為高風險旅行者提供專家建議，例如免疫抑制者、老年人、孕婦和幼兒。

本書為醫療從業人員在臨床諮詢期間提供了一本使用友好且實用的手冊，適用於護士和藥劑師。

Professor Joseph Torresi is an infectious diseases physician at Knox Private Hospital, Eastern Epworth Private hospital and Austin Hospital Hepatitis Service, and a former NHMRC practitioner fellow. He is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and has a PhD in microbiology. He is head of the hepatitis research laboratory in department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne where he has established research programs in hepatitis C vaccine development, hepatitis B associated liver cancer and antibody responses to dengue virus. Professor Torresi was the Australian (Melbourne) site director, for the Geo-Sentinel Surveillance Network from 1997 to 2010 and has continued in the role as the co-director. During this period he was instrumental in the development of the travel medicine services and research activities at the Royal Melbourne hospital and in building its international profile. He is the current chair of the publications committee of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM), a board member the ISTM Foundation, a Fellow of ISTM and a Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow . He has published over 160 papers, book chapters and books, has served as scientific chair for a number of conferences in travel medicine and has served on several CISTM scientific committees.

Professor Karin Leder is head of the Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit within the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, and also works as a visiting infectious diseases physician for the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where she leads the Travel and Immigrant health services. Her specific areas of interest include imported infections among travellers, immigrants and refugees, as well as waterborne infections, specifically focused on water and sanitation issues in resource-poor settings. She is a leader of the global surveillance network GeoSentinel, section editor of Travel Medicine for UpToDate, regional advisor for the Journal of Travel Medicine, and an associate editor for Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases. She is editor and author on many books, chapters and papers on health risks in travellers, and has held leadership roles within the International Society of Travel Medicine.

Associate Professor Tilman Ruff is based at the Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. A public health and infectious diseases physician focused on preventive medicine, Professor Tilman headed travel medicine at Fairfield Hospital and then Royal Melbourne Hospital; worked on hepatitis B control and maternal and child health in Indonesia and Pacific island countries with Burnet Institute, AusAID, UNICEF and WHO; worked as regional medical director for vaccines for a large vaccine manufacturer, and serves on the WHO Western Pacific Region Hepatitis B Immunisation Expert Resource Panel. He teaches on the public health and human rights dimensions of nuclear technology in the Melbourne MD, masters and undergraduate courses.

For over 20 years he has been medical advisor to the International Program of Australian Red Cross. He serves as a co-president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (Nobel Peace Prize 1985); and was co-founder and founding Australian and international chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN, Nobel Peace Prize 2017).

Associate Professor Daniel O'Brien is an infectious diseases physician working in the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and in the Geelong Infectious Diseases Service at University Hospital Geelong. He is also a clinical associate professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne. His areas of interest include travel medicine, immigrant and refugee health, Mycobacterial diseases and HIV. He is a member of the WHO Technical Advisory Group for Buruli ulcer.

Associate Professor Mike Starr is a paediatrician, infectious diseases physician, consultant in emergency medicine and head of travel medicine at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. He is also Director of Paediatric Education and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne. Mike trained in Melbourne and Vancouver, and has worked and taught in many countries. He is immediate past Chair of the International Society of Travel Medicine Pediatric Interest Group. He has published and lectured extensively on issues related to paediatric travel medicine. His areas of interest include rational use of antibiotics, infectious diseases emergencies, travel and tropical medicine, international health, education and training.

Dr Sarah McGuinness is an infectious diseases physician, lecturer and researcher based at the Alfred Hospital and Monash University in Melbourne. Sarah completed infectious diseases training (FRACP) in Melbourne and Darwin, has a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine degree and is currently enrolled in a PhD through Monash University. Her research interests include health problems arising from infectious diseases in developing countries, health issues in travellers, and the local and global epidemiology of infectious diseases. She currently runs the travel medicine clinic at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne and teaches in the Master of Public Health program at Monash University. She is an active member of International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM).

Dr Katherine Gibney is an infectious diseases physician, public health physician and medical epidemiologist in the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service (VIDS) at the Doherty Institute. She has a particular interest in infections in immigrants and returned travellers, vector-borne diseases and gastrointestinal infections, and indigenous health. Dr Gibney has a Masters of Public Health degree and completed the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) program - a two-year applied epidemiology fellowship in the arboviral diseases branch of the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). She also completed infectious diseases training (FRACP) and public health training (FAFPHM) and was awarded a PhD from Monash University.

約瑟夫·托雷西教授是諾克斯私人醫院、東部艾普沃斯私人醫院和奧斯丁醫院肝炎服務的傳染病醫生，並曾擔任NHMRC實踐研究員。他是澳大利亞皇家內科醫學院的院士，並擁有微生物學博士學位。他是墨爾本大學彼得·多赫提研究所微生物學與免疫學系肝炎研究實驗室的負責人，並在肝炎C疫苗開發、肝炎B相關肝癌及登革熱病毒抗體反應方面建立了研究計劃。托雷西教授曾於1997年至2010年擔任Geo-Sentinel監測網絡的澳大利亞（墨爾本）地點主任，並持續擔任共同主任。在此期間，他對皇家墨爾本醫院的旅行醫學服務和研究活動的發展起到了重要作用，並提升了其國際形象。他目前是國際旅行醫學學會（ISTM）出版委員會的主席，ISTM基金會的董事會成員，ISTM的院士，以及格拉斯哥皇家內科醫師和外科醫師學院旅行醫學學院的院士。他已發表超過160篇論文、書籍章節和書籍，並擔任多個旅行醫學會議的科學主席，還參與了幾個CISTM科學委員會的工作。

卡琳·萊德教授是莫納什大學公共衛生與預防醫學學院傳染病流行病學單位的負責人，同時擔任皇家墨爾本醫院維多利亞傳染病服務的訪問傳染病醫生，負責旅行和移民健康服務。她的特定研究興趣包括旅行者、移民和難民中的輸入性感染，以及水源性感染，特別關注資源匱乏地區的水和衛生問題。她是全球監測網絡GeoSentinel的領導者，UpToDate旅行醫學的部分編輯，旅行醫學期刊的區域顧問，以及旅行醫學和傳染病的副編輯。她編輯和撰寫了許多有關旅行者健康風險的書籍、章節和論文，並在國際旅行醫學學會內擔任領導職位。

蒂爾曼·拉夫副教授位於墨爾本大學人口與全球健康學院的諾薩爾全球健康研究所。作為一名專注於預防醫學的公共衛生和傳染病醫生，拉夫教授曾在費爾菲爾德醫院和皇家墨爾本醫院負責旅行醫學；在印尼和太平洋島國與伯內特研究所、澳大利亞國際發展署、聯合國兒童基金會和世界衛生組織合作，從事肝炎B控制和母嬰健康工作；曾擔任一家大型疫苗製造商的疫苗區域醫療總監，並在世界衛生組織西太平洋地區肝炎B免疫專家資源小組中任職。他在墨爾本的醫學博士、碩士和本科課程中教授核技術的公共衛生和人權維度。

他在過去20年中一直擔任澳大利亞紅十字國際計劃的醫療顧問。他是國際醫生防止核戰爭組織的共同主席（1985年諾貝爾和平獎）；並且是國際廢除核武器運動（ICAN，2017年諾貝爾和平獎）的共同創始人和創始澳大利亞及國際主席。

丹尼爾·奧布萊恩副教授是皇家墨爾本醫院維多利亞傳染病服務的傳染病醫生，並在吉朗大學醫院的吉朗傳染病服務工作。他同時是墨爾本大學醫學系的臨床副教授。他的研究興趣包括旅行醫學、移民和難民健康、分枝桿菌疾病和HIV。他是世界衛生組織布魯利潰瘍技術諮詢小組的成員。

邁克·斯塔爾副教授是一名小兒科醫生、傳染病醫生、急診醫學顧問及皇家兒童醫院旅行醫學部門的負責人。他同時是墨爾本大學小兒科教育主任和榮譽臨床副教授。邁克在墨爾本和溫哥華接受培訓，並在多個國家工作和教學。他是國際旅行醫學學會小兒科興趣小組的即時前任主席。他在小兒旅行醫學相關問題上發表了大量論文並進行了廣泛的講座。他的研究興趣包括抗生素的合理使用、傳染病緊急情況、旅行和熱帶醫學、國際健康、教育和培訓。

莎拉·麥金尼斯博士是位於墨爾本阿爾弗雷德醫院和莫納什大學的傳染病醫生、講師和研究員。莎拉在墨爾本和達爾文完成了傳染病培訓（FRACP），擁有公共衛生和熱帶醫學碩士學位，並目前在莫納什大學攻讀博士學位。她的研究興趣包括發展中國家因傳染病引起的健康問題、旅行者的健康問題，以及傳染病的地方和全球流行病學。她目前在墨爾本的阿爾弗雷德醫院運營旅行醫學診所，並在莫納什大學的公共衛生碩士課程中授課。她是國際旅行醫學學會（ISTM）的活躍成員。

凱瑟琳·吉比尼博士是位於多赫提研究所維多利亞傳染病服務（VIDS）的傳染病醫生、公共衛生醫生和醫學流行病學家。她特別關注移民和回國旅行者的感染、媒介傳播疾病和腸道感染，以及原住民健康。吉比尼博士擁有公共衛生碩士學位，並完成了流行病情報服務（EIS）計劃——美國疾病控制與預防中心（CDC）蚊媒疾病部門的兩年應用流行病學獎學金。她還完成了傳染病培訓（FRACP）和公共衛生培訓（FAFPHM），並獲得了莫納什大學的博士學位。