Infectious mononucleosis-like syndromes in febrile travelers returning from the tropics

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 191-197

  Bottieau, Emmanuel ^a   Clerinx, Jan ^a   Van Den Enden, Erwin ^a   Van Esbroeck, Marjan ^a   Colebunders, Robert ^a,b   Van Gompel, Alfons ^a,b   Van Den Ende, Jef ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE STRUCTURE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TROPICS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BELGIUM; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 33745958635     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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