Travel trouble: Typhoid fever-A case presentation and review

Journal of the American College Health Association

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 99-105

  Lifshitz, Edward I ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric fever; Immunization; Salmonella; Students; Travel; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; SALMONELLA; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0029854417     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.1996.9936869     Document Type: Article

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