Travel-acquired infections in Canada: CanTravNet 2011—2012
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Travel-acquired infections and illnesses in Canadians: surveillance report from CanTravNet surveillance data, 2009–2011
BACKGROUND Important knowledge gaps exist in our understanding of migration medicine practice and the impact of pathogens imported by Canadian travellers. We present here a comprehensive, Canada-specific surveillance summary of illness in a cohort of returned Canadian travellers and new immigrants. METHODS We extracted and analyzed (using standard parametric and nonparametric techniques) data...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canada Communicable Disease Report
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1481-8531
DOI: 10.14745/ccdr.v40i16a01