Spectrum of Disease and Relation to Place of Exposure among Ill Returned Travelers

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David O. Freedman · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Leisa Weld · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Phyllis E. Kozarsky · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tamara L. Fisk · Emory University

Rachel Robins · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Frank von Sonnenburg · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Jay S. Keystone

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When patients present to specialized clinics after travel to the developing world, travel destinations are associated with the probability of the diagnosis of certain diseases. Diagnostic approaches and empiric therapies can be guided by these destination-specific differences.

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 354, Issue 2, pp. 119-130

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa051331

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Spectrum of Disease and Relation to Place of Exposure among Ill Returned Travelers

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