Respiratory tract infections in travelers: A review of the GeoSentinel surveillance network

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-406

  Leder, Karin ^a,b,e   Sundararajan, Vijaya ^b   Weld, Leisa ^c   Pandey, Prativa ^d   Brown, Graham ^a   Torresi, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d CIWEC Travel Medicine Centre Nepal   (Nepal)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INFLUENZA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PERTUSSIS; PHARYNGITIS; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUSITIS; SOLDIER; STUDENT; TONSILLITIS; TOURISM; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0037442363     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346155     Document Type: Article

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