Illnesses in travelers returning from the tropics: A prospective study of 622 patients

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 312-318

  Ansart, Séverine ^a   Perez, Lucia ^a   Vergely, Olivier ^a   Danis, Martin ^a   Bricaire, François ^a   Caumes, Eric ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE; TROPICS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 30944450590     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2005.12603     Document Type: Article

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