Influenza in long-term Dutch travelers in the tropics: Symptoms and infections

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Whelan, Jane ^a   Rimmelzwaan, Guus F ^c   van den Hoek, Anneke ^a,b   Belderok, Sanne Meike ^a,b   Sonder, Gerard J B ^a,b,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d National Coordination Center for Travelers Health Advice   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attack rate; Influenza; Seroconversion; Travelers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUTCHMAN; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMIZED PATIENT; INFLUENZA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963620363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1502-6     Document Type: Article

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