title: Travelers lowering their guard: a bacterial, viral and protozoan co-infection after a five-day journey in India.
abstract: We present a case of concurrent infections by Campylobacter jejuni, Giardia intestinalis and Hepatitis E virus acquired during a 5-days travel to India by an Italian traveller : Professionals responsible for pre- and post-travel care should underline food and water precautions and prescribe an adequate diagnostic work-up in symptomatic patients.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Di Medicina Sperimentale E Clinica, Università Di Firenze, Florence, Italy.|SOD Malattie Infettive E Tropicali, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zammarchi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Di Medicina Sperimentale E Clinica, Università Di Firenze, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antonelli
authors.affiliation: SOD Microbiologia E Virologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lapini
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Di Medicina Sperimentale E Clinica, Università Di Firenze, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prato
authors.affiliation: SOD Malattie Infettive E Tropicali, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farese
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Di Medicina Sperimentale E Clinica, Università Di Firenze, Florence, Italy.|SOD Microbiologia E Virologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.|Dipartimento Di Biotecnologie Mediche, Università Di Siena, Italy.|I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Gian Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rossolini
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Di Medicina Sperimentale E Clinica, Università Di Firenze, Florence, Italy.|SOD Malattie Infettive E Tropicali, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartoloni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D014195:Travel
keywords: Campylobacter jejuni, Giardia intestinalis, Hepatitis E virus; HEV; India; co-infection; travel