A global study of pathogens and host risk factors associated with infectious gastrointestinal disease in returned international travellers
Date
2009
Authors
Swaminathan, Ashwin
Torresi, Joseph
Schlagenhauf, Patricia
Thursky, Karin
Wilder-Smith, Annelies
Connor, Bradley A
Schwartz, Eli
vonSonnenberg, Frank
Keystone, Jay
O'Brien, Daniel P
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W B Saunders Co
Abstract
Objectives: Infectious gastrointestinal disease (IGD) is a significant cause of morbidity in returned international travellers. This study aims to elucidate host and travel characteristics associated with IGD presentation, and describe the broad spectrum
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Keywords: age distribution; amebiasis; article; bacterial infection; cestodiasis; gastrointestinal infection; geographic distribution; giardiasis; infection rate; infection risk; microbial identification; parasitosis; sex ratio; shigellosis; strongyloidiasis; touri Diarrhoea; Gastrointestinal diseases; Infection; Travel
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Journal of Infection
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