Prospective multicenter evaluation of the expert system "KABISA TRAVEL" in diagnosing febrile illnesses occurring after a stay in the tropics

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 386-394

  Demeester, Rémy P ^a,b,c   Bottieau, Emmanuel ^a   Pini, Alessandro ^d   Visser, Leo G ^e   Torrús Tendero, Diego ^f   Wetsteyn, Jose C ^g   Bisoffi, Zeno ^h   Pinazo, María Jesús ⁱ   Theunissen, Caroline ^j   Van Den Ende, Jozef ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^j BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENTERITIS; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; KABISA TRAVEL; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054907270     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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