Filariasis in travelers presenting to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network.

As international travel increases, there is rising exposure to many pathogens not traditionally encountered in the resource-rich countries of the world. Filarial infections, a great problem throughout the tropics and subtropics, are relatively rare among travelers even to filaria-endemic regions of...

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Main Authors: Ettie M Lipner, Melissa A Law, Elizabeth Barnett, Jay S Keystone, Frank von Sonnenburg, Louis Loutan, D Rebecca Prevots, Amy D Klion, Thomas B Nutman, GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-12-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2154385?pdf=render