Practise ISTM Certificate of Knowledge™ in Travel Medicine Examination with a short sample and answer explanations. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Exam outline and official sources
International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) · ISTM Body of Knowledge for the Practice of Travel Medicine, revised 2017, remains the outline linked by ISTM and identified as the examination basis in its 2026 candidate brochure. No separate effective date is stated. The assigned label 'Certification in Travel Health (CTH)' maps to this examination, whose successful candidates receive the Certificate in Travel Health™ (CTH®); it is not a separate examination.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- ISTM CTH® Program
- ISTM Body of Knowledge
- ISTM CTH® FAQs
- CDC Principles of Epidemiology: Morbidity Frequency Measures
- CDC Principles of Epidemiology: Mortality Frequency Measures
- CDC Field Epidemiology Manual: Analyzing and Interpreting Data
- CDC Yellow Book: Vaccination and Immunoprophylaxis—General Principles
- CDC: Timing and Spacing of Immunobiologics
- CDC Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit, July 2026
- CDC Yellow Book: Travel Vaccine Recommendations for Infants and Children
- CDC Yellow Book: Japanese Encephalitis
- CDC Yellow Book: Yellow Fever
- CDC Yellow Book: Rabies
- CDC Yellow Book: The Pre-Travel Consultation
- CDC Yellow Book: Malaria
- CDC: Choosing a Drug to Prevent Malaria
- CDC Yellow Book: Travelers’ Diarrhea
- CDC Yellow Book: Water Disinfection for Travelers
- CDC Yellow Book: Mosquitoes, Ticks, and Other Arthropods
- CDC Yellow Book: Visiting Friends and Relatives—VFR Travel
- CDC Yellow Book: Scuba Diving—Decompression Illness and Other Dive-Related Injuries
- CDC Yellow Book: Travelers with Chronic Illnesses
- CDC Yellow Book: Last-Minute Travelers
- CDC Yellow Book: Food and Water Precautions for Travelers
- CDC Yellow Book: Schistosomiasis
- CDC Yellow Book: Dengue
- CDC Yellow Book: Leptospirosis
- CDC Yellow Book: Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever
- CDC: Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria
- CDC Yellow Book: High-Altitude Travel and Altitude Illness
- CDC Yellow Book: Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
- CDC Yellow Book: Motion Sickness
- CDC Yellow Book: Heat and Cold Illness in Travelers
- CDC Yellow Book: Air Travel
- CDC: Evaluation and Diagnosis of Malaria
- CDC Yellow Book: Post-Travel Diarrhea
- CDC Yellow Book: Post-Travel Parasitic Disease Including Evaluation of Eosinophilia
- CDC Yellow Book: Perspectives—Screening Asymptomatic Travelers
- CDC Yellow Book: Post-Travel Evaluation of the Ill Traveler
- WHO: Amendment to International Health Regulations Annex 7—Yellow Fever
- CDC Yellow Book: Travel Insurance, Travel Health Insurance, and Medical Evacuation Insurance
ISTM Certificate of Knowledge™ in Travel Medicine Examination
Start with 20 free questions, then review the explanations and any topics you missed.
A tour begins with 250 travelers who are free of gastroenteritis. During the trip, 20 develop gastroenteritis, and everyone completes follow-up. What is the cumulative attack risk?
ISTM Certificate of Knowledge™ in Travel Medicine Examination
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Epidemiology
Case-fatality denominator
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