This handy manual provides an up-to-date and practical approach to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of health problems that commonly arise during international, tropical and adventure travel. It provides easy access to essential knowledge of vaccines, malaria chemoprophylaxis, travellers' diarrhoea, the travellers' medical kit and more. Convenient and concise, the Manual has become a standby for those who care for travelling patients and immigrants. The 2nd Edition is extensively revised and updated for managing today's traveller using today's medicine. It contains more information on malaria, traveller's diarrhea, immunizations, the HIV-infected traveller, the medical aspects of mountaineering, Lyme disease and other tick-transm itted diseases, and travel-acquired illnesses associated with fever. Travel during pregnancy is updated, and material on exercise and the pregnant woman is included.