Travelers’ diarrhea: An update on the incidence, etiology, and risk in military deployments and similar travel populations

Military Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue , 2017, Pages 4-10

  Porter, Chad K ^a   Olson, Scott ^a   Hall, Alexis ^a   Riddle, Mark S ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGELLOSIS; TRAVEL;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 85029159034     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-17-00064     Document Type: Article

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