Talk:Traveler's diarrhea
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[edit] Possible Plagarism
I found this article that seems to be identical aside from some minor changes, pointing to this page being plagarised. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/travelersdiarrhea_g.htm Bok269 23:13, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
- Please read the references that states explicitly "This article contains material from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) website which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain." In other words copying from the source quoted is legally allowed by the US government. Thanks. Idleguy 02:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Water purification
The water purification methods reported in this article may not offer a 100% solution, as stated here: Portable_water_purification. Pepve 08:29, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Montezuma's Revenge (now merged into TD)
The symtoms section on Montezuma's Revenge (medicine) more properly belongs here. In fact, much of that article belongs here, perhaps with section here about the term Montezuma's revenge and a redirect. --Una Smith (talk) 04:24, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I agree that they should be merged. I will add the boiler there. Jason Quinn (talk) 18:21, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Article "Montezuma's Revenge (illness)" merged: See old talk-page here. Jason Quinn (talk) 18:23, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Prevention
Review on the prevention of TD, including mention of the newish nonabsorbable antibiotic rifaximin. JFW | T@lk 13:52, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Merge with Gastroenteritis
A merge has been proposed with Gastroenteritis; I suggest instead merge Traveler's diarrhea with Diarrhea. It is often not gastroenteritis but enteritis. --Una Smith (talk) 14:48, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
I strongly vote against a merger with gastroenteritis or diarrhea. This is a separate enough topic to warrant its own article. It could even have information for travelers about how to get treatment for different parts of the world. The Gastroenteritis article is more general and should be more technically orientated. On the other hand, I will very shortly propose a merger between traveler's diarrhea and Montezuma's Revenge (illness). Jason Quinn (talk) 18:19, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Strongly against: Both gastroenteritis & diarrhea have a vast array of causes and subtypes. TD is a topic of acute interest to a large number of people who won't care to wade through the thickets of information on those very general categories. The TD article must be kept separate. (BTW, I entirely agree with merging TD with Montezuma's Revenge.) Valerius Tygart (talk) 19:38, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
