If I told you that there is no need for yellow fever vaccine booster would you still come to the travel clinic?: a cross-sectional study

If I told you that there is no need for yellow fever vaccine booster would you still come to the travel clinic?: a cross-sectional study

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Abstract Background Yellow Fever (YF) immunization berness white sneakers required a single dose vaccine with boosters every 10 years.After International Health Regulation (IHR) amendment annex 7 (July 2016), it was accepted that a single dose confers lifelong immunity.Since pre-travel advice is as important as vaccination when traveling, it is essential to clarify why travelers come to a travel health consultation, with the possibility of IHR amendment having a negative impact on travelers’ health.This study aims to describe travelers’ reasons to come to a pre-travel consultation in Lisbon and if they would return if they wouldn’t need the YF vaccine booster.

Methods An observational cross-sectional study was conducted during 5 months in the waiting room of Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical travel clinic in Lisbon, Portugal.Travelers were asked about sociodemographic characteristics, destination country, travel duration and reasons to travel in an anonymous self-administered questionnaire.Results A total of 1043 travelers agreed to participate chorulon hcg in the study.Although 61.

0% (627/1028) did not come to the clinic to get the YF vaccine, from those who did, 36.7% (133/362) would not come and 12.9% (47/362) didn’t knew if they would come if the vaccine would not be necessary.Conclusion The IHR amendment may have a negative impact on travel clinic attendance and on travelers´ health.