Surveillance of imported diseases as a window to travel health risks

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Jelinek, Tomas ^a   Mühlberger, Nikolai ^a  

^a Universidade Nova de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CHINESE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENGUE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMIGRANT; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TANZANIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 13444306570     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2004.10.005     Document Type: Review

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