Filariasis in travelers presenting to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Lipner, Ettie M ^a   Law, Melissa A ^a   Barnett, Elizabeth ^b   Keystone, Jay S ^c   von Sonnenburg, Frank ^d   Loutan, Louis ^e   Prevots, D Rebecca ^a   Klion, Amy D ^a   Nutman, Thomas B ^a   Brown, Graham ^f   Torresi, Joseph ^f   Carosi, Giampiero ^g   Castelli, Francesco ^g   Chen, Lin ^h   Connor, Bradley ⁱ   Delmont, Jean ^j   Parola, Philippe ^j   Franco, Carles ^k   Kozarsky, Phyllis ^k   Freedman, David ^l   Gelman, Stefanie ^m   Hall, Devon ^m   Guruman, Alejandra ⁿ   Haulman, Jean ^o   Jong, Elaine ^o   Kain, Kevin ^p   Licitra, Carmelo ^q   Pandey, Prativa ^r   Schlagenhauf, Patricia ^s   Steffen, Robert ^s   Schwartz, Eli ^t   Shaw, Mark ^u   Wilson, Mary ^h   Wittner, Murray ^v   Einstein, Albert ^v   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^j HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^k EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

ⁿ MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^q Florida Department of Law Enforcement   (United States)

^r CIWEG Clinic Travel Medicine Center   (Nepal)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^t SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^u Worldwise Travellers Health and Vaccination Centre   (New Zealand)

^v Jaffe Food Allergy Institute   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FRIEND; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; LOA LOA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; RELATIVE; TRAVEL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANIMAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOA; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 41049100237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000088     Document Type: Article

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