Region-Specific, Life-Threatening Diseases among International Travelers from Israel, 2004–2015
We characterized posttravel hospitalizations of citizens returning to Israel by summarizing the returning traveler hospitalization dataset of the national referral Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases at Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Of 722 hospitalizations, 181 (25%) infections were l...
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| author | Chen Avni Shmuel Stienlauf Eyal Meltzer Yechezkel Sidi Eli Schwartz Eyal Leshem |
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| description | We characterized posttravel hospitalizations of citizens returning to Israel by summarizing the returning traveler hospitalization dataset of the national referral Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases at Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Of 722 hospitalizations, 181 (25%) infections were life-threatening; most would have been preventable by chemoprophylaxis and pretravel vaccination. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35d2b3ca1c6b44a1856d850ec1f334092022-12-21T20:38:46ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592018-04-0124479079310.3201/eid2404.171542Region-Specific, Life-Threatening Diseases among International Travelers from Israel, 2004–2015Chen AvniShmuel StienlaufEyal MeltzerYechezkel SidiEli SchwartzEyal LeshemWe characterized posttravel hospitalizations of citizens returning to Israel by summarizing the returning traveler hospitalization dataset of the national referral Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases at Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Of 722 hospitalizations, 181 (25%) infections were life-threatening; most would have been preventable by chemoprophylaxis and pretravel vaccination.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/4/17-1542_articleposttravel hospitalizationvaccinationmalariachemoprophylaxislife-threateningprophylaxis |
| spellingShingle | Chen Avni Shmuel Stienlauf Eyal Meltzer Yechezkel Sidi Eli Schwartz Eyal Leshem Region-Specific, Life-Threatening Diseases among International Travelers from Israel, 2004–2015 Emerging Infectious Diseases posttravel hospitalization vaccination malaria chemoprophylaxis life-threatening prophylaxis |
| title | Region-Specific, Life-Threatening Diseases among International Travelers from Israel, 2004–2015 |
| title_full | Region-Specific, Life-Threatening Diseases among International Travelers from Israel, 2004–2015 |
| title_fullStr | Region-Specific, Life-Threatening Diseases among International Travelers from Israel, 2004–2015 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Region-Specific, Life-Threatening Diseases among International Travelers from Israel, 2004–2015 |
| title_short | Region-Specific, Life-Threatening Diseases among International Travelers from Israel, 2004–2015 |
| title_sort | region specific life threatening diseases among international travelers from israel 2004 2015 |
| topic | posttravel hospitalization vaccination malaria chemoprophylaxis life-threatening prophylaxis |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/4/17-1542_article |
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