PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Powell, Brenda AU - Ford, Charles TI - Risks of travel, benefits of a specialist consult AID - 10.3949/ccjm.77a.09097 DP - 2010 Apr 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 246--254 VI - 77 IP - 4 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/4/246.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/4/246.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2010 Apr 01; 77 AB - If patients are planning to travel to developing countries, their primary care physicians can counsel them on various medical risks, especially traveler’s diarrhea, and offer to update their immunizations. However, travelers to areas where there is a risk of malaria, yellow fever, or other tropical diseases should be referred to a specialist.