Diagnosis of febrile illnesses in returned travelers using the PC software GIDEON

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 157-160

  Kimura, Mikio ^a   Sakamoto, Mitsuo ^b   Adachi, Takuya ^c   Sagara, Hiroko ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA MUNICIPAL CITIZEN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer diagnosis; Database; Febrile illnesses; Lassa fever; Tropical diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LASSA FEVER; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHIGELLOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 19144364661     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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