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Efforts to monitor the range of infectious diseases that affect international travellers and the factors that determine infection rates will provide an evidence base from which more effective preventative measures can be developed. Torresi and Leder review the main findings of one such effort, the GeoSentinel surveillance network.
Communicable diseases cause health problems for refugee populations. In this Science and society article, Ali and colleagues discuss the range of transmissible infections and the associated risk factors that have affected the Afghan refugee population.
