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Although travel history is generally considered in terms of weeks and/or months, a number of parasitic infections involve potential exposure many years earlier. The patient may become symptomatic years after having left the area of endemic infection. Therefore, it is important to consider long-range history, as well as the previous few weeks or months. This is particularly true when considering various places the patient may have lived prior to becoming symptomatic. The more information the laboratory has regarding past organism exposure, the more likely it is that the causative agent will be identified and the infection confirmed. It is often imperative that the laboratory follow up with specific questions for the physician; information received with the test request may be minimal, at best.