TRAVEL MEDICINE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
What kind of illness is reported in 3/4 of travellers to developing regions? - ANS Self limiting
GI or respiratory
Why are adverse health events worse in young adults? - 3 reasons - ANS Basic living
conditions, longer durations of travel, risk taking behaviour
Two most common regions to acquire illness? - ANS Asia
Sub-saharan Africa
3 most commonly identified illness categories (in order) - ANS 1. GI (34%)
2. Febrile (23.3%) - malaria, dengue, enteric fever, chikungunya
3. Dermatologic (19.5%)
Visiting friends and relatives usually results in what kind of illness? Why? - ANS Increase
serious febrile illness
Lower rates of travel-seeking advice
Most common travel-related illness? - ANS GI-related --> 58%
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,What type of traveller had the highest rate of hospitalization? - ANS VFR (visiting friends &
family)
*Least pre-travel advice
What group of traveller has the longer travel duration? - ANS MVRA -
missionary/volunteer/research/aid workers
4 risks when travelling - ANS Things that ...
1. bite
2. you ingest
3. that can infest/invade
4. you can inhale
Other travelling-related risks - ANS - Personal danger
- Travel safety
- Altitude
- Other medical conditions - pregnancy, chronic conditions
Emerging and re-emerging diseases (7) - ANS 1. TB
2. Incr in drug-resistant malaria
3. Ebola
4. MERS
5. Zika
6. Dengue
7. Chikungunya
Increasing or decreasing number of travellers with chronic disease, pregnant, very young/old? -
ANS Increasing
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, Increasing or decreasing number of VFR? - ANS Increasing
*Previously lived in this country/relatives live there so they think they are safe in these places
therefore less cautious
What infections can we do something to prevent? (10) - ANS 1. Malaria
2. TB (screening is the way of preventing)
3. Polio
4. Yellow fever
5. Measles
6. JEV
7. Diarrhea (typhoid, cholera)
8. Rabies
9. Meningococcal meningitis
10. HepA/B
What infections can pharmacists give vaccines for? (6) - ANS 1. Yellow fever
2. Typhoid (diarrhea)
3. Rabies
4. MM
5. Hep A/B
6. JEV
3 steps to prepare a traveller - ANS 1. Risk assessment (health of the person before they
leave and health risk of the travel - i.e. their itinerary)
2. Education - disease prevention and health maintenance
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
AND ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
What kind of illness is reported in 3/4 of travellers to developing regions? - ANS Self limiting
GI or respiratory
Why are adverse health events worse in young adults? - 3 reasons - ANS Basic living
conditions, longer durations of travel, risk taking behaviour
Two most common regions to acquire illness? - ANS Asia
Sub-saharan Africa
3 most commonly identified illness categories (in order) - ANS 1. GI (34%)
2. Febrile (23.3%) - malaria, dengue, enteric fever, chikungunya
3. Dermatologic (19.5%)
Visiting friends and relatives usually results in what kind of illness? Why? - ANS Increase
serious febrile illness
Lower rates of travel-seeking advice
Most common travel-related illness? - ANS GI-related --> 58%
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,What type of traveller had the highest rate of hospitalization? - ANS VFR (visiting friends &
family)
*Least pre-travel advice
What group of traveller has the longer travel duration? - ANS MVRA -
missionary/volunteer/research/aid workers
4 risks when travelling - ANS Things that ...
1. bite
2. you ingest
3. that can infest/invade
4. you can inhale
Other travelling-related risks - ANS - Personal danger
- Travel safety
- Altitude
- Other medical conditions - pregnancy, chronic conditions
Emerging and re-emerging diseases (7) - ANS 1. TB
2. Incr in drug-resistant malaria
3. Ebola
4. MERS
5. Zika
6. Dengue
7. Chikungunya
Increasing or decreasing number of travellers with chronic disease, pregnant, very young/old? -
ANS Increasing
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Increasing or decreasing number of VFR? - ANS Increasing
*Previously lived in this country/relatives live there so they think they are safe in these places
therefore less cautious
What infections can we do something to prevent? (10) - ANS 1. Malaria
2. TB (screening is the way of preventing)
3. Polio
4. Yellow fever
5. Measles
6. JEV
7. Diarrhea (typhoid, cholera)
8. Rabies
9. Meningococcal meningitis
10. HepA/B
What infections can pharmacists give vaccines for? (6) - ANS 1. Yellow fever
2. Typhoid (diarrhea)
3. Rabies
4. MM
5. Hep A/B
6. JEV
3 steps to prepare a traveller - ANS 1. Risk assessment (health of the person before they
leave and health risk of the travel - i.e. their itinerary)
2. Education - disease prevention and health maintenance
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
