Description and burden of travel-related cases caused by enteropathogens reported in a Canadian community

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-19

  Ravel, André ^a   Nesbitt, Andrea ^a   Marshall, Barbara ^a   Sittler, Nancy ^b   Pollari, Frank ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Region of Waterloo Public Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 78650962937     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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