Fecal-orally transmitted diseases among travelers are decreasing due to better hygienic standards at travel destination

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 322-328

  Baaten, Gijs G ^a,b,c   Sonder, Gerard J B ^a,b,c   Van Der Loeff, Maarten F Schim ^a,b   Coutinho, Roel A ^a,b,d   Van Den Hoek, Anneke ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c National Coordination Centre for Traveler's Health Advice LCR   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEMOPREVENTION; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955981496     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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