[AIDS and tourism. What is essential for clinical practice]

The Swiss spend in the average 7% of their income for travelling and thus belong to the nation most eager to travel. Next to the technical preparation of a trip, medical prevention is equally important. Unfortunately, many physicians limit their activities around travelling to prescriptions for common troubles of travelling and to recommendations and measures for prophylaxis such as vaccinations or antimalaria drugs. This however, often singular visit by healthy 'patients' offers a good opportunity to address the subject of HIV/AIDS considering the various reasons for a risk of increased infection. The following article offers guidelines for such a conversation.