Using European travellers as an early alert to detect emerging pathogens in countries with limited laboratory resources

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Guerin, Philippe J ^a,b   Grais, Rebecca Freeman ^b,c,d,e   Rottingen, John Arne ^a,f   Valleron, Alain Jacques ^c,d,e   Lederer, Ingeborg ^a,b,g   Allerberger, Franz ^a,b,g   Collard, Jean Marc ^a,b,h   Bertrand, Sophie ^a,b,h   Ethelberg, Steen ^a,b,i   Siitonen, Anja ^a,b,j   Grimont, Francine ^a,b,k   Rabsch, Wolfgang ^a,b,l   Alpers, Katharina ^a,b,l   Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis ^a,b,m   Kansouzidou, Athina ^a,b,m   McKeown, Paul ^a,b,n   Garvey, Patricia ^a,b,n   Pedalino, Biagio ^a,b,o   Degli Atti, Marta Ciofi ^a,b,o   Van Duynhoven, Yvonne ^a,b,p   Van Pelt, Wilfrid ^a,b,p   Nygard, Karin ^a,b   Lassen, Jorgen ^a,b   Machado, Jorge ^a,b,q   Fernandes, Theresa ^a,b,q   Brownlie, Susan ^a,b,r   Cowden, John ^a,b,r   Keddy, Karen H ^a,b,s   Pezzi, Gloria Hernández ^a,b,t   Durr, Ulrike ^a,b,t   Haechler, Herbert ^a,b,u   De Jong, Birgitta ^a,b,v   Andersson, Yvonne ^a,b,v   Cheasty, Tom ^a,b,w   Lynch, Audrey ^a,b,x   Fox, Ruth ^a,b,x   more..

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b EPICENTRE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g National Reference Laboratory for Shigella   (Austria)

^h SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

ⁱ STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^j NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^k INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^l ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^m NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

ⁿ HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^o ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^q NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^r HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^s NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^t INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^u National Centre for Enteropathogenic Bacteria   (Switzerland)

^v SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^w Public Health Laboratory Service   (United Kingdom)

^x HIV and STI Division   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLOSIS; TRAVEL; AFRICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

AFRICA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EUROPE; HUMANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; TRAVEL;

EID: 33847242642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-8     Document Type: Article

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