Travel-associated disease among US residents visiting US GeoSentinel clinics after return from international travel

Family Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 678-687

  Hagmann, Stefan H F ^a   Han, Pauline V ^b   Stauffer, William M ^c   Miller, Andy O ^d,i   Connor, Bradley A ^e   Hale, DeVon C ^f   Coyle, Christina M ^a   Cahill, John D ^g   Marano, Cinzia ^b,j   Esposito, Douglas H ^b   Kozarsky, Phyllis E ^h   Haulman, Jean ^k   Roesel, David ^k   Jong, Elaine C ^k   Chen, Lin H ^k   Gurtman, Alejandra ^k   Nutman, Thomas B ^k   Klion, Amy D ^k   Licitra, Carmelo ^k   Crespo, Antonio ^k   Freedman, David O ^k   Hynes, Noreen ^k   Sack, R Bradely ^k   McKenzie, Robin ^k   Lynch, Michael W ^k   Yates, Johnnie ^k   Barnett, Elizabeth ^k   McLellan, Susan ^k   Anglim, Anne ^k   Piper Jenks, Nancy ^l   more..

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^g New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^j GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^k GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals ^*  (United States)

^l NONE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Morbidity; Prevention; Surveillance; Travel

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SCIENTIST; SKIN DISEASE; STUDENT; TOURISM; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937201732     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmu063     Document Type: Article

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