THE ETHNIC-MINORITY TRAVELER

Although the ethnic minority traveler is exposed to the same risks as other travelers, there are special considerations that make them vulne rable to certain diseases. Ln addition, many ethnic minority travelers are traditionally underserved by the medical community and often trav el without the benefit of adequate counseling and immunization. The sp ecific disease entities covered in this article include parasitic dise ases (e.g. malaria, trypanosomiasis, intestinal helminths), tuberculos is, and other respiratory diseases, dengue, and sexually transmitted d iseases and HIV.