Travel clinic

Travel clinics are medical facilities that specialize in providing preventive medical care such as vaccinations or altitude sickness medicine to international travelers.[1] The United States' Center for Disease Control publish recommended medical guidelines, the Yellow Book, as a reference for physicians treating international travelers.[2] Immunizations recommended for international travel normally include Chicken Pox, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Malaria, Typhoid, Jellow Fever and Japanese Encephalitis.[3]

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