Travel-associated infection presenting in Europe (2008-12): An analysis of EuroTravNet longitudinal, surveillance data, and evaluation of the effect of the pre-travel consultation

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-64

  Schlagenhauf, Patricia ^a   Weld, Leisa ^b   Goorhuis, Abraham ^c   Gautret, Philippe ^d   Weber, Rainer ^e   von Sonnenburg, Frank ^f   Lopez Vélez, Rogelio ^g   Jensenius, Mogens ^h   Cramer, Jakob P ⁱ   Field, Vanessa K ^j   Odolini, Silvia ^k   Gkrania Klotsas, Effrossyni ^l   Chappuis, Francois ^m   Malvy, Denis ⁿ   van Genderen, Perry J J ^o   Mockenhaupt, Frank ^p   Jauréguiberry, Stéphane ^q   Smith, Catherine ^s   Beeching, Nicholas J ^r   Ursing, Johan ^t   Parola, Philippe ^d   Grobusch, Martin P ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EuroTravNet   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^h OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^j InterHealth Worldwide and National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC)   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^l ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

ⁿ University Hospital Centre   (France)

^o Harbour Hospital   (Netherlands)

^p CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^q PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^r LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^s HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^t KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTARCTICA; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLERGY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; GIARDIASIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INJURY; INSECT BITE; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PANDEMIC; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRE TRAVEL CONSULTATION; RABIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCIENTIST; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STUDENT; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VOLUNTEER; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 84917710732     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)71000-X     Document Type: Article

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