Travelers' diarrhea in children visiting tropical countries.
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.
Silva
Filipe Glória
FG
Travellers Clinic, Infectious Diseases Unit, Paediatrics Department, Central Lisbon Hospital Center, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Lisbon, Portugal. fsilva333@gmail.com
Figueiredo
António
A
Varandas
Luis
L
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