Etiology and outcome of fever after a stay in the tropics

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1642-1648

  Bottieau, Emmanuel ^a,b   Clerinx, Jan ^a   Schrooten, Ward ^a   Van Den Enden, Erwin ^a   Wouters, Raymond ^a   Van Esbroeck, Marjan ^a   Vervoort, Tony ^a   Demey, Hendrik ^a   Colebunders, Robert ^a   Van Gompel, Alfons ^a   Van Den Ende, Jef ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE; TROPICS; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DENGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33747194982     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.15.1642     Document Type: Article

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