Potential plague exportation from Madagascar via international air travel

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 247-248

  Bogoch, Isaac I ^a,b   Maxim, Timea ^c   Acosta, Hernan ^c   Bhatia, Deepit ^c   Chen, Shirley ^c   Huber, Carmen ^c   Janes, Andrew ^c   Yong, Jean H E ^c   Thomas, Andrea ^c   Kraemer, Moritz U G ^d,e   Watts, Alexander ^c   Khan, Kamran ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; COMOROS; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MADAGASCAR; MAURITIUS; MAYOTTE; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REUNION; SEYCHELLES; SOUTH AFRICA; AIRCRAFT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL;

AIRCRAFT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MADAGASCAR; PLAGUE; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 85044376725     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30077-X     Document Type: Letter

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