Epidemiology of travel-associated infections in Oman 1999-2013: A retrospective analysis

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 388-393

  Al Abri, Seif S ^a   Abdel Hady, Doaa M ^b   Al Mahrooqi, Salem S ^b   Al Kindi, Hanan S ^c   Al Jardani, Amina K ^c   Al Abaidani, Idris S ^b  

^a Dir General for Disease Surveillance and Control MoH   (Oman)

^b NONE   (Oman)

^c Central Public Health Laboratory   (Oman)

Author keywords

Dengue; Imported infections; Measles; Oman; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHOLERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DENGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; LABORATORY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; OMAN; PARATYPHOID FEVER; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRAVEL ASSOCIATED INFECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944178720     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.08.006     Document Type: Article

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