Japanese encephalitis: Defining risk incidence for travelers to endemic countries and vaccine prescribing from the UK and Switzerland

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 200-203

  Hatz, Christoph ^a,b   Werlein, Jutta ^a   Mutsch, Margot ^b   Hufnagel, Markus ^a,c   Behrens, Ron H ^d  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIA, WESTERN; CHINA; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649121208     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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