Olympics in the tropics and infectious diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 616-617

  Igreja, Ricardo P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BRAZIL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; GAME; HEPATITIS A; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; LEISHMANIASIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TROPICS; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAZIL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; SPORTS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 75749097678     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650177     Document Type: Letter

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