David O Freedman

Summary

Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Educational programs to enhance medical expertise in tropical diseases: the Gorgas Course experience 1996-2001
    David O Freedman
    Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 2170, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 66:526-32. 2002
  2. ncbi Treatment failure in intestinal strongyloidiasis: an indicator of HTLV-I infection
    Angelica Terashima
    Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Per
    Int J Infect Dis 6:28-30. 2002
  3. ncbi Spectrum of disease and relation to place of exposure among ill returned travelers
    David O Freedman
    Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
    N Engl J Med 354:119-30. 2006
  4. ncbi Seasonality, annual trends, and characteristics of dengue among ill returned travelers, 1997-2006
    Eli Schwartz
    Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
    Emerg Infect Dis 14:1081-8. 2008
  5. ncbi Prevalence and predictors of intestinal helminth infections among human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected adults in an urban African setting
    Kayvon Modjarrad
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 73:777-82. 2005
  6. ncbi Clinical practice. Malaria prevention in short-term travelers
    David O Freedman
    William C. Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
    N Engl J Med 359:603-12. 2008
  7. ncbi Influenza: changing approaches to prevention and treatment in travelers
    David O Freedman
    Divsion of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    J Travel Med 12:36-44. 2005
  8. ncbi Gastrointestinal infection among international travelers globally
    Zoe Greenwood
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
    J Travel Med 15:221-8. 2008
  9. ncbi Health risks in travelers to China: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
    Xiaohong M Davis
    Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 79:4-8. 2008
  10. ncbi Etiology of travel-related fever
    Mary E Wilson
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Curr Opin Infect Dis 20:449-53. 2007

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Educational programs to enhance medical expertise in tropical diseases: the Gorgas Course experience 1996-2001
    David O Freedman
    Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294 2170, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 66:526-32. 2002
    ..In response to the enrollees' profiles and needs, adult learning theory has been extensively used in course design. Stable professional relationships between multiple educational partners are required for an endeavor of this scope...
  2. ncbi Treatment failure in intestinal strongyloidiasis: an indicator of HTLV-I infection
    Angelica Terashima
    Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Per
    Int J Infect Dis 6:28-30. 2002
    ..7%). CONCLUSIONS: We recommend that all patients with uncomplicated intestinal strongyloidiasis, who fail standard therapy, be studied for HTLV-I infection...
  3. ncbi Spectrum of disease and relation to place of exposure among ill returned travelers
    David O Freedman
    Division of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
    N Engl J Med 354:119-30. 2006
    ..Approximately 8 percent of travelers to the developing world require medical care during or after travel. Current understanding of morbidity profiles among ill returned travelers is based on limited data from the 1980s...
  4. ncbi Seasonality, annual trends, and characteristics of dengue among ill returned travelers, 1997-2006
    Eli Schwartz
    Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
    Emerg Infect Dis 14:1081-8. 2008
    ..Also, dengue cases detected at atypical times in sentinel travelers may inform the international community of the onset of epidemic activity in specific areas...
  5. ncbi Prevalence and predictors of intestinal helminth infections among human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected adults in an urban African setting
    Kayvon Modjarrad
    Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 73:777-82. 2005
    ..The high helminth prevalence and potential for adverse interactions between helminths and HIV suggests that helminth diagnosis and treatment should be part of routine HIV care...
  6. ncbi Clinical practice. Malaria prevention in short-term travelers
    David O Freedman
    William C. Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
    N Engl J Med 359:603-12. 2008
  7. ncbi Influenza: changing approaches to prevention and treatment in travelers
    David O Freedman
    Divsion of Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    J Travel Med 12:36-44. 2005
  8. ncbi Gastrointestinal infection among international travelers globally
    Zoe Greenwood
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
    J Travel Med 15:221-8. 2008
    ..The objective of this study was to analyze infections associated with oral ingestion of pathogens in international travelers in relation to place of exposure...
  9. ncbi Health risks in travelers to China: the GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
    Xiaohong M Davis
    Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 79:4-8. 2008
    ..Tropical and parasitic diseases were rare. Pre-travel consultation for China travelers should be individualized according to these findings...
  10. ncbi Etiology of travel-related fever
    Mary E Wilson
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Curr Opin Infect Dis 20:449-53. 2007
    ..Many potentially life-threatening infections cause fever. Several recent large studies help to define causes of fever in returned travelers...
  11. ncbi A comparative analysis of methodological approaches used for estimating risk in travel medicine
    Karin Leder
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Centre for Clinical Research Excellence, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
    J Travel Med 15:263-72. 2008
  12. ncbi Drug-free holidays: pre-travel versus during travel malaria chemoprophylaxis
    G Dennis Shanks
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:1-2. 2007
    ..Treatment regimens of antimalarial drugs taken prior to travel could protect persons for up to one month of exposure. We urge additional testing of pre-travel malaria chemoprophylaxis regimens...
  13. ncbi The practice of travel medicine: guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America
    David R Hill
    National Travel Health Network and Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 6AU, England
    Clin Infect Dis 43:1499-539. 2006
  14. ncbi Caring for the caregivers
    David O Freedman
    J Travel Med 13:384; author reply 385. 2006
  15. ncbi Confronting the new challenge in travel medicine: SARS
    Annelies Wilder-Smith
    J Travel Med 10:257-8. 2003
  16. ncbi Sexual behavior of international travelers visiting Peru
    Miguel M Cabada
    Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
    Sex Transm Dis 29:510-3. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: Behaviors and risk factors are similar to those described for travelers to Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. Behavior of US travelers did not differ from that of other travelers...