Prospective analysis of parasitic infections in Canadian travelers and immigrants

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 138-144

  Boggild, Andrea K ^a,d   Yohanna, Seychelle ^b   Keystone, Jay S ^a,b   Kain, Kevin C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FILARIASIS; GIARDIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; LARVA MIGRANS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARASITIC DISEASES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRAVEL; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 33646713461     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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