Travel-related imported infections in Europe, EuroTravNet 2009
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Travel-related imported infections in Europe, EuroTravNet 2009.
The aim of this study was to investigate travel-associated morbidity in European travellers in 2009 in comparison with 2008, with a particular emphasis on emerging infectious diseases with the potential for introduction into Europe. Diagnoses with demographic, clinical and travel-related predictors of disease from ill returning travelers presenting to 12 core EuroTravNet sites from January to D...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1198-743X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03596.x