Travel epidemiology - A global perspective

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-95

  Steffen, Robert ^a   DeBernardis, Chiara ^a   Baños, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endemicity; Pathogens; Travel epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONDOM; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIASIS; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ACCIDENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRAVEL;

EID: 0037294046     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(02)00293-5     Document Type: Article

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