Risk of mosquito-borne epidemic polyarthritis disease among international visitors to Queensland, Australia

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 211-213

  Kelly Hope, Louise A ^a   Purdie, David M ^a   Kay, Brian H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BARMAH FOREST VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSQUITO; POLYARTHRITIS; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; TOURISM; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ALPHA VIRUS; ARTHRITIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARTHRITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SEASONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0036638822     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2002.24456     Document Type: Article

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