Cases of malaria, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever among VFRs, Quebec (Canada)

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 373-378

  Bui, Yen Giang ^a,b   Trépanier, Stéphane ^c   Milord, François ^a,d   Blackburn, Manon ^a,d   Provost, Sylvie ^e   Gagnon, Suzanne ^b  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CANADA; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054896033     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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