Enteric infections in the traveler: a socioeconomic perspective.
Tourism is an important part of world trade. One of its side-effects is infectious diarrhea in the traveler. The community costs of traveler's diarrhea mainly relate to the loss of production covered by social insurance, which, in the Swedish example, exceeds direct medical expenses by a factor of five. The responsibility for preventive measures in charter tourism rests with the tourism-exporting countries and organizations and should constitute an important sales argument.
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Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel