Preventive measures, risk behaviour and the most common health problems in Czech travellers: a prospective questionnaire study in post-travel clinic outpatients.

Objective:  The aim of this study was to evaluate attitudes towards the available preventive measures, risk behaviour and health problems in Czech travellers to tropical and subtropical regions.

Materials And Methods:  The prospective study included patients of all ages with a history of recent travel to risky countries who presented to the post-travel clinic of the Hospital Na Bulovce in Prague within two months after return, from February 2009 to June 2018. The data were collec-ted through a questionnaire survey and from electronic medical records.

[The first case of scrub typhus diagnosed in a Czech traveler].

This case report describes the first case of imported scrub typhus in a Czech traveler. The infection was diagnosed in a 38-year-old male traveler returning from a one-week business/tourist trip to Laos who presented with fever, chills, joint and muscle pain, localized inguinal lymphadenopathy, rash and a typical eschar. Although laboratory findings included elevation of CRP, hepatic aminotransferases and lactate dehydrogenase, complete blood count revealed only borderline leukocytosis with mild thrombocytopenia.