title: Travelers' diarrhea in children visiting tropical countries.
abstract: We studied a group of 174 Portuguese children (aged 2 mo-16 y) who mostly traveled to tropical Portuguese-speaking countries and found an attack rate of 21.8% for travelers' diarrhea, much lower than previously described. We also showed that African rate analysis by region may hide significant differences between countries.
authors.affiliation: Travellers Clinic, Infectious Diseases Unit, Paediatrics Department, Central Lisbon Hospital Center, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Lisbon, Portugal. fsilva333@gmail.com
authors.forename: Filipe Glória
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Varandas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011174:Portugal / Q000208:ethnology; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014195:Travel