Risk of travel-associated typhoid and paratyphoid fevers in various regions

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 197-204

  Ekdahl, Karl ^a,b   De Jong, Birgitta ^a,b   Andersson, Yvonne ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 24944505116     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2005.12405     Document Type: Article

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