Incidence and types of illness when traveling to the tropics: A prospective controlled study of children and their parents

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 764-769

  Newman Klee, Catherine ^b   D'Acremont, Valérie ^c   Newman, Christopher J ^d   Gehri, Mario ^e   Genton, Blaise ^a,c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital de Morges   (Switzerland)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MALARIA VACCINE; MENINGITIS VACCINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RABIES VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINUSITIS; TRAVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FAMILY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF MEDICATION; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 38449083926     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.764     Document Type: Article

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