Decker Award

The International Society of Travel Medicine is pleased to announce the Decker Award for Best Original Article published in the Journal of Travel Medicine in the two years preceding the conference in New York. The winner was selected by a blue ribbon subcommittee chaired by Herbert DuPont, MD. The winner is:

Provost S, and Soto JC. Predictors of pretravel consultation in tourists from Quebec (Canada). J Travel Med 2001; 8:66-75.

This award is accompanied by a $1000 check from BC Decker.  Congratulations to the authors.

Also selected by the subcommittee and announced at the Membership Assembly in New York were two review articles and two short articles that were deemed worthy of honorable mention. These are:

Best Review Articles

Aw JJ.  Cosmic radiation and commercial air travel. J Travel Med 2003; 10:19-28.

Ryan ET. Calderwood SB. Cholera vaccines. JTM 2001; 8:82-91.

Best Short Articles (Brief Communication or Research Letter)

Caramello P, Canta F, Bonino L, et al. Puumala virus pulmonary syndrome in a Roumanian immigrant. J Travel Med 2002; 9:326-9.

Maje HA, and Freedman DO. Cashew nut dermatitis in a returned traveler. J Travel Med 2001; 8:213-15.

Submitted by: Charles D. Ericsson, MD, Chair, Publications Committee
Robert Steffen, MD, Editor, Journal of Travel Medicine