Travel to Brazil: Analysis of data from the Boston area travel medicine network (BATMN) and relevance to travelers attending world cup and Olympics

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 214-217

  Iliaki, Eirini ^a   Chen, Lin H ^b   Hamer, Davidson H ^c,d,e   Macleod, William B ^c,d   Jentes, Emily S ^f   Barnett, Elizabeth D ^g   Wilson, Mary E ^h  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^g BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLOROQUINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FRESH WATER; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; RABIES VACCINE; RIFAXIMIN; TYPHOID VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOSTON AREA TRAVEL MEDICINE NETWORK; BRAZIL; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLUENZA; MALARIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RABIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER; EMPORIATRICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BOSTON; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MEDICINE; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 84899107785     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12117     Document Type: Article

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