Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of imported infectious diseases in Spanish travelers

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 303-309

  Fuertes, Pilar Zamarró ^a   Pérez Ayala, Ana ^a   Molina, José A Pérez ^a   Norman, Francesca F ^a   Monge Maíllo, Begoña ^a   Navarro, Miriam ^a   López Vélez, Rogelio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BORDETELLA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; DIROFILARIA; ECTOPARASITOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; FEVER; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; LARVA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEISHMANIASIS; LOA LOA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYIASIS; ONCHOCERCA; PARASITOSIS; PEDICULUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIOSIS; SALMONELLA; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SHIGELLA; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPAIN; SYMPTOM; TAENIA SAGINATA; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TROPICAL DISEASE; TROPICS; TUNGIASIS; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION; VOLVULUS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956194463     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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