Fever in travelers returning from tropical areas: Prospective observational study of 613 cases hospitalised in Marseilles, France, 1999-2003

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 61-70

  Parola, Philippe ^a,b   Soula, Georges ^a,c   Gazin, Pierre ^a,c   Foucault, Cedric ^a   Delmont, Jean ^a,c   Brouqui, Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b Aix Marseille university   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Comoros; France; Imported diseases; Malaria; Travelers

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEFLOQUINE; PROGUANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIGRATION; NEMATODIASIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THELAZIA; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE; TROPICS;

ADULT; COMOROS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATITIS E; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 32544451935     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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