Pre-travel preparation of us travelers going abroad to provide humanitarian service, globalTravEpiNet 2009-2011

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 553-559

  Stoney, Rhett J ^a   Jentes, Emily S ^a   Sotir, Mark J ^a   Kozarsky, Phyllis ^a   Rao, Sowmya R ^b,c   LaRocque, Regina C ^d   Ryan, Edward T ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEPATITIS VACCINE; MALARIA VACCINE; MEFLOQUINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; GUATEMALA; HAITI; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMANITARIAN SERVICE WORKER; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT WORKER; PANAMA; PERU; PRESCRIPTION; RABIES; SELF CARE; TANZANIA; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; UGANDA; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ANTIMALARIALS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896092935     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0479     Document Type: Article

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