Epidemiology of travelers' diarrhea in Thailand

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-185

  Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^a   Chariyalertsak, Suwat ^b   Mcneil, Edward ^a   Aiyarak, Somboon ^c   Hutamai, Songwut ^d   Dupont, Herbert L ^e,f,g   Jiang, Zhi Dong ^e   Kalambaheti, Thareerat ^h   Tonyong, Wittavat ^h   Thitiphuree, Sumit ⁱ   Steffen, Robert ^e,j  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Phuket Provincial Health Office   (Thailand)

^d Off Communic Dis Contr Regn 10   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁱ Bangkok Hospital Phuket   (Thailand)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EATING HABIT; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; ICE CREAM; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MIXED INFECTION; NEW ZEALAND; PEACE CORPS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; THAILAND; TOURISM; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DIARRHEA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THAILAND; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649117380     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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