Inflammatory bowel disease in travelers: Choosing the right vaccines and check-ups

Table 3 Preventive measures for inflammatory bowel disease patients coming from developing countries (mainly while taking immunosuppressants or before starting)

	South America	Maghreb and Western Orient	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southeast Asia and India	Other
Thick drop	Consider	No	Always	Consider	No
Stool parasite	Always	Consider	Always	Always	No
Urine parasite	No	No	Always		No
Strongyloides (culture, serology)	Always	Consider	Always	Always	No1
Trypanosoma (serology)	Always	No	No	No	No
Histoplasma (serology)	Always	No	Always	No	No
HBV and HCV (serology)	Always	Always	Always	Always	Always
Tuberculin skin test or IGRA	Always	Always	Always	Always	Always

¹Consider in case of Chinese individuals with eosinophilia. HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.