Prospective observational study of fever in hospitalized returning travelers and migrants from tropical areas, 1997-2001

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 135-142

  Antinori, Spinello ^a   Galimberti, Laura ^a   Gianelli, Erika ^a   Calattini, Sara ^a   Piazza, Manuela ^a   Morelli, Paola ^a   Moroni, Mauro ^a   Galli, Massimo ^a   Corbellino, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS A; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIGRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; TRAVEL; TROPICS; TYPHOID FEVER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 3142622691     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.18557     Document Type: Article

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