Travel vaccines

Travel-related infectious diseases are exceedingly common, difficult to dia gnose, and sometimes preventable. Vaccination is one tool for reducing the risk of infectious disease for some travelers. Both healthcare providers an d travelers need to be aware of the new travel vaccines, and new formulatio ns of older vaccines that now are available. This article presents an updat e on vaccines for cholera, Japanese encephalitis, rabies, rotavirus, typhoi d, and malaria.