Respiratory infections and gastrointestinal illness on a cruise ship: A three-year prospective study

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 389-397

  Pavli, Androula ^a   Maltezou, Helena C ^a   Papadakis, Antonis ^b   Katerelos, Panagiotis ^a   Saroglou, Georgios ^c   Tsakris, Athanasios ^c   Tsiodras, Sotirios ^d  

^a Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^b Cruise Ships Medical Consultant   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Crew; Cruise; Influenza like illness; Passengers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREW MEMBER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASON; SHIP; SOUTH AMERICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; WINTER; ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTOR; VACCINATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SHIPS; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 84977496620     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.05.019     Document Type: Article

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