Low risk of Japanese encephalitis in short-term Australian travelers to Asia

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 206-208

  Ratnam, Irani ^a,b   Leder, Karin ^a,c   Black, Jim ^b   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^a,b   Matchett, Elizabeth ^a   Padiglione, Alex ^d   Woolley, Ian ^d   Panagiotidis, Theo ^e   Gherardin, Tony ^f   Luxemburger, Christine ^g   Torresi, Joseph ^b,h  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^f TMVC   (Australia)

^g SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^h AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84876281088     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12019     Document Type: Article

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