Epidemiology of giardiasis in Tasmania: A potential risk to residents and visitors

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 127-130

  Kettlewell, Jennifer S ^a   Bettiol, Silvana S ^a   Davies, Norman ^b   Milstein, Tal ^a   Goldsmid, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Ltd ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TASMANIA; TRAVEL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0031692657     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1998.tb00485.x     Document Type: Article

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