Short report: Health risks in travelers to South Africa: The geosentinel experience and implications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 991-995

  Mendelson, Marc ^a   Davis, Xiaohong M ^b   Jensenius, Mogens ^c   Keystone, Jay S ^d   Von Sonnenburg, Frank ^e   Hale, Devon C ^f   Burchard, Gerd Dieter ^g   Field, Vanessa ^h   Vincent, Peter ⁱ   Freedman, David O ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^h InterHealth   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Tokai Medicross   (South Africa)

^j University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DERMATOLOGY; FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INJURY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; RABIES; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TYPHOID FEVER; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPORT; STATISTICS; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORTS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953805882     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0198     Document Type: Article

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