Travel-associated diseases, Indian Ocean Islands, 1997-2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1297-1301

  Savini, Hélène ^a   Gautret, Philippe ^b   Gaudart, Jean ^c,d   Field, Vanessa ^e,f   Castelli, Francesco ^g   López Vélez, Rogelio ^h   Lim, Poh Lian ⁱ   Shaw, Marc ^j   von Sonnenburg, Frank ^k   Loutan, Louis ^l,m   Simon, Fabrice ^a  

^a LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Méditerranée Infection Institute   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e InterHealth   (United Kingdom)

^f National Travel Health Network and Centre   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^h HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

ⁱ TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^j Worldwise Traveller's Health   (New Zealand)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^l GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPORIATRICS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRAVEL;

ARBOVIRUSES; CHIKUNGUNYA; COMOROS; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA; MALDIVES; MAURITIUS; PARASITES; RÉUNION ISLAND; SEYCHELLES; TRAVELERS; VECTOR-BORNE INFECTIONS; VIRUSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COMOROS; DENGUE; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880761987     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1908.121739     Document Type: Article

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