Sentinel surveillance for travellers' diarrhoea in primary care

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Northey, Gemma ^a   Evans, Meirion R ^a,b   Sarvotham, Tinnu S ^c   Thomas, Daniel R ^b   Howard, Tony J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; UNITED KINGDOM; DIARRHEA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEASON; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; TRAVEL; WALES;

EID: 38049172645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-126     Document Type: Article

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