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Although the United States has a number of homegrown Rickettsial diseases - including Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) - with international travel becoming increasingly popular and a plethora of exotic vector-borne illnesses around the globe, clinicians may find themselves faced with new diagnostic challenges.
Later today the CDC will hold a COCA call on Travel-associated Rickettsioses, including African tick bite fever, Mediterranean spotted fever, and scrub typhus.Primarily of interest to clinicians and healthcare providers, COCA (Clinician Outreach Communication Activity) calls are designed to ensure that practitioners have up-to-date information for their practices.
Travel-associated Rickettsioses Guidance: Pre-travel Counseling, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Reporting
Free Continuing Education
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm (Eastern Time)
Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education (CE)
To receive continuing education (CE) for WC2922-050719—(Webcast) Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Calls/Webinars “Travel-associated Rickettsioses Guidance: Pre-travel Counseling, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Reporting” Tuesday, May 7, 2019, please visit TCEO and follow these 9 Simple Steps by June 7, 2019.This is the 5th COCA Call of 2019 (see list below), and the archives go back to at least 2016, making this a terrific resource.
To receive continuing education (CE) for WD2922-050719—(Web on demand) Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Calls/Webinars “Travel-associated Rickettsioses Guidance: Pre-travel Counseling, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Reporting” Tuesday, May 7, 2019, please visit TCEO and follow these 9 Simple Steps by June 7, 2021.
Overview
International travel has increased over the past 30 years, exposing travelers to wider ranges of diseases. Because of this, healthcare providers should be aware of diseases from regions far beyond their geographical area of practice. Vector-borne rickettsial diseases have an almost worldwide distribution, putting many travelers at risk.
During this COCA Call, subject matter experts will discuss the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of three of the most common travel-associated rickettsial diseases—African tick bite fever, Mediterranean spotted fever, and scrub typhus. The presenters will also address these diseases in the context of pre-travel and post-travel evaluations.
