Clinical characteristics and etiology of travelers' diarrhea among Korean travelers visiting South-East Asia

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-200

  Ahn, Ji Yong ^a,b   Chung, Jin Won ^c   Chang, Kyu Jin ^a   You, Myung Hwan ^a   Chai, Jin Sung ^a   Kang, Young A ^a   Kim, Seong Han ^d   Jeoung, Hyesook ^d   Cheon, Doosung ^d   Jeoung, Ahyong ^d   Choi, Eun Suk ^e  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^e National Quarantine Station of Incheon Airport   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Norovirus; Travelers diarrhea; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CHILD; DIARRHEA; EMPORIATRICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRAVEL; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOROVIRUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MEDICINE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551669865     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.2.196     Document Type: Article

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