Tropical skin infections among Israeli travelers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 868-872

  Solomon, Michal ^a   Benenson, Shmuel ^b   Baum, Sharon ^a   Schwartz, Eli ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; KNOWLEDGE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; MYIASIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155131406     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0471     Document Type: Article

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