Article Document Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Entity Entity Review Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-11T07:32:00 RDF description of Pediatric travelers visiting friends and relatives (VFR) abroad: illnesses, barriers and pre-travel recommendations [review] - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn19549 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 4 15488 25556 Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease Prevention Travel <p>Global mobility has shown a steady rise in recent years, with increased immigration and international travel. The VFR traveler is a traveler whose primary purpose of travel is to visit friends and relatives (VFR), where there is a gradient of risk between home and destination. Children are more likely to be VFR travelers than adults. Pediatric VFR travelers have higher risks for certain infectious travel-related illnesses and face multiple barriers in receiving comprehensive pre-travel care. This review focuses on the current state of knowledge of the pediatric VFR traveler, including epidemiological risks, barriers to adequate pre-travel services, and specific recommendations for disease prevention.<p> public review document-rn19549 9 Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Pediatric travelers visiting friends and relatives (VFR) abroad: illnesses, barriers and pre-travel recommendations [review] 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.09.007