Latitudinal patterns of travel among returned travelers with influenza: Results from the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, 1997-2007

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-8

  Boggild, Andrea K ^a   Castelli, Francesco ^b   Gautret, Philippe ^c   Torresi, Joseph ^d,e   Von Sonnenburg, Frank ^f   Barnett, Elizabeth D ^g   Greenaway, Christina A ^h   Lim, Poh Lian ⁱ   Schwartz, Eli ^j,k   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^l   Wilson, Mary E ^m  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^d AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^j SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^k TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^m HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL; TROPICS;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84855499703     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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