Gastrointestinal infection among international travelers globally

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 221-228

  Greenwood, Zoe ^a   Black, James ^a   Weld, Leisa ^b   O'Brien, Daniel ^a,c   Leder, Karin ^a,d   Von Sonnenburg, Frank ^e   Pandey, Prativa ^f   Schwartz, Eli ^g,h   Connor, Bradley A ⁱ   Brown, Graham ^a,j   Freedman, David O ^k   Torresi, Joseph ^a,j  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f CIWEC Travel Medicine Centre Nepal   (Nepal)

^g SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

ⁱ WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CENTRAL AMERICA; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE EAST; MORBIDITY; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PARASITOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAUSALITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 47649130741     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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