Open AccessAn Estimate of the Incidence of Hepatitis A in Unimmunized Canadian Travelers to Developing Countries
Author(s) -
Peter Teitelbaum
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.2310/7060.2004.17063
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , developing country , hepatitis a , developed country , hepatitis , demography , hepatitis c , hepatitis e , environmental health , virology , population , economic growth , physics , sociology , optics , economics , gene , chemistry , biochemistry , genotype
There is a paucity of data describing the risk of acquiring hepatitis A while traveling in the developing world. This paper uses available data to calculate the risk to Canadian travelers.
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