Differential diagnosis of illness in travelers arriving from sierra Leone, Liberia, or guinea: A cross-sectional study from the Geosentinel surveillance network

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 757-764

  Boggild, Andrea K ^a   Esposito, Douglas H ^b   Kozarsky, Phyllis E ^c   Ansdell, Verno ^d   Beeching, Nicholas J ^e   Campion, Danie ^s   Castelli, Francesc ^f   Caumes, Eri ^g   Chappuis, Francoi ^h   Cramer, Jakob P ⁱ   Gkrania Klotsas, Effrossyn ^j,t   Grobusch, Martin P ^k   Hagmann, Stefan H F ^l   Hynes, Noreen A ^m   Lian Lim, Po ⁿ   Lopez Velez, Rogeli ^o   Malvy, Denis J M ^p   Mendelson, Mar ^q   Parola, Philipp ^r   Sotir, Mark J ^b   Wu, Henry M ^c   Hamer, Davidson H ^a   Field, V ^u   Libman, M D ^u   Rothe, C ^u   Barnett, E D ^u   Schwartz, E ^u   Gautret, P ^u   von Sonnenburg, F ^u   van Genderen, P ^u   Jensenius, M ^u   Stauffer, W M ^u   Mockenhaupt, F ^u   Kain, K C ^u   Kanagawa, S ^u   Coyle, C M ^u   Connor, B A ^u   Ursing, J ^u   Leder, K ^u   Haulman, J ^u   Schlagenhauf, P ^u   Vincelette, J ^u   McCarthy, A ^u   Pandey, P ^u   Chen, L H ^u   Cahill, J D ^u   Rapp, C ^u   Kendall, B ^u   Lalloo, D ^u   Yoshimura, Y ^u   Bottieau, E ^u   Ghesquiere, W ^u   Smith, K ^u   Piyaphanee, W ^u   Licitra, C ^u   Yates, J ^u   Valdez, L M ^u   Shaw, M ^u   Wang, A ^u   Borwein, S ^u   more..

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

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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

^d EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g InterHealth Worldwide International Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

ⁱ PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^j GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^l ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

ⁿ BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^o JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^q Ramóny Cajal Hospital   (Spain)

^r HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^t AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^u NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DENTAL CARIES; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GIARDIASIS; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFLUENZA; IRRITABLE COLON; LASSA FEVER; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIBERIA; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MYCOSIS; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POSTINFECTIOUS IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; SIERRA LEONE; SKIN INFECTION; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YELLOW FEVER; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIBERIA; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SIERRA LEONE; TRAVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932136659     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-0074     Document Type: Article

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