Overseas outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease identified in Scotland, 2003 to 2007

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 322-327

  Smith Palmer, Alison ^a   Cowden, John M ^a  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; GIARDIA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALMONELLA; SCOTLAND; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SHIGELLA; SPAIN; TRAVEL;

EID: 70349232401     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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