Entry screening for infectious diseases in humans

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 197-201

  Selvey, Linda A ^a   Antão, Catarina ^a   Hall, Robert ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BORDER SCREENING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGE SCANNER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING TEST; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THERMOGRAPH; THERMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; MASS SCREENING; MIGRATION; PROCEDURES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84921733125     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2102.131610     Document Type: Article

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