Human toxoplasmosis from swimming with the Amazon’s pink dolphins?

Recent history has taught us that travellers can spread diseases without knowing it-but what if these travellers could prevent outbreaks before they spread? In fact, public health authorities and the ISTM have formed networks, such as the CDC-affiliated GeoSentinel and the UK’s National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC), that use information from travellers to track the spread of disease around the world.
So in this episode of the ISTM podcast, we talk with GeoSentinel cofounder Dr. David Freedman, and NaTHNaC director Dr. Dipti Patel, OBE, about what travellers need to know about reducing the spread of infectious diseases.
Our guests look back at tales of significant health outbreaks-Zika, SARS, and leptospirosis in Borneo-and discuss what measures could have been taken to prevent worldwide domino effects.
Learn what to do, where to go, and how to reduce a serious outbreak if you’ve been in contact with a disease abroad, in an episode full of practical steps designed to prevent further public health outbreaks, one traveller at a time.