Yellow fever recommendations for tourists to Kenya: A flawed risk assessment

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-

  Monath, Thomas P ^a   Gershman, Mark ^b   Hill, David R ^c,d   Marano, Nina ^b   Staples, J Erin ^e   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^f  

^a Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers   (United States)

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

^c National Travel Health Network and Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

AEDES; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LETTER; TOURISM; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; KENYA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL; YELLOW FEVER; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 63049139772     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00295_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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