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Travel Patterns and Risk Behavior in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Author(s) -

K. Andrea Boggild,

Marie Sano,

Atul Humar,

Matt Gilman,

Irving E. Salit,

Kevin C. Kain

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.2310/7060.2004.13633

Subject(s) - medicine , travel medicine , malaria , dengue fever , organ transplantation , environmental health , transplantation , immunology , psychiatry

International travel is associated with an increased risk of enteric, vector-borne and bloodborne infections. The risk of acquiring travel-related illness is higher in those who are immunocompromised. However, little is known about travel practices and risk behaviors in transplant recipients who travel. We herein profile transplant recipients who travel, and characterize their pre-travel precautions, travel activities, burden of illness, and exposure history.

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