Travellers' diarrhoea: Health advice for travellers

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-22

  Leggat, Peter A ^a   Goldsmid, John M ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC); Prophylaxis; Travel health advice; Travellers; Travellers' diarrhoea; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE PLUS DIPHENOXYLATE; AZITHROMYCIN; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; CHOLERA VACCINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; LOPERAMIDE; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; REPALYTE; RIFAXIMIN; TYPHOID VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHOLERA; DEHYDRATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TYPHOID FEVER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 3543052287     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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