Dermatologic conditions of the ill returned traveler: an analysis from the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 593-602

  Lederman, Edith R ^a,b   Weld, Leisa H ^b   Elyazar, Iqbal R F ^a   von Sonnenburg, Frank ^c   Loutan, Louis ^d   Schwartz, Eli ^e   Keystone, Jay S ^f  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 2 Jakarta   (Indonesia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dermatologic; Prevention; Risk factor; Skin; Traveler

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RASH; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOG BITE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSECT BITE; LARVA MIGRANS; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYCOSIS; MYIASIS; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PYODERMA; RASH; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCABIES; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN DISEASE; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SKIN DISEASES; TRAVEL; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54349118973     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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