Imported giardiasis: Impact of international travel, immigration, and adoption

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 825-830

  Ekdahl, Karl ^a   Andersson, Yvonne ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; IMPORT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

GIARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 23844521360     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.825     Document Type: Article

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