What's New in the 2008 Yellow Book?

• All chapters have been updated and internally referenced
• Expanded, user-friendly index
• Updated yellow fever requirements and recommendations:
  • Yellow fever vaccine no longer recommended for Cape Verde Islands
  • Changes in requirements for American Samoa (U.S.), Angola, Burundi, Chad, Costa Rica, Iran, Panama, Peru, Sierra Leone, and Uruguay
• Updated malaria information:
  • Country specific areas of risk and recommendations for prophylaxis
  • Use of the antimalarial Malarone® in pediatric populations
• New sections:
  • Responsibilities of Clinicians, Travelers, and the Travel Industry
  • Influenza section now includes information about avian and pandemic influenza
  • Skin Problems in Returned Travelers
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolism
  • Humanitarian Aid Workers
  • Previously combined section for Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis vaccines and Measles (Rubeola), Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine separated for each disease
• New Maps:
  • Prevalence of HIV Infection
  • Tuberculosis Incidence Rate, 2004 and Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, 2004
  • Internationally Adopted Children Immigrating to the United States, 2005
• Updated Maps:
  • Yellow Fever Endemic Zones in the Americas, 2007 – added notations for commonly requested travel destinations in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina
  • Geographic Distribution of Mefloquine-resistant Malaria –areas in South East Asia with resistance to the anti-malaria drug mefloquine updated
  • Geographic distribution updated in Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis A Virus, by Country, 2006 and Prevalence of Chronic Infection with Hepatitis B Virus, by Country, 2006
• Vaccine Information:
  • Revisions to vaccine recommendations based on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for:
    • Measles/Mumps/Rubella (MMR) vaccine
    • Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine
    • Hepatitis A and combined hepatitis A and B vaccines
    • Breastfeeding and vaccination information
  • Trade names of the various vaccine combinations included to assist health-care providers ensuring that children, adolescents, and younger adults are adequately vaccinated

The use of commercial sources and trade names is for identification and does not imply endorsement by the Public Health Service or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.