Travel immunizations

American Family Physician,  July 1, 2004  by Vincent Lo Re, III,  Stephen J. Gluckman

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VINCENT LO RE III, M.D., is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, where he received his medical degree. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was chief resident.

STEPHEN J. GLUCKMAN, M.D., is a professor of medicine and chief of the Infectious Diseases Clinical Services in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia. He received his medical degree from Columbia University, New York, N.Y., and a certificate of expertise in international and travel medicine from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Address correspondence to Vincent Lo Re III, M.D., Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 502 Johnson Pavilion, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (e-mail: vincent.lore@uphs.upenn.edu). Reprints are not available from the authors.

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