Epidemiology of travelers' diarrhea in Thailand

• Main Authors: Chongsuvivatwong V., Chariyalertsak S., Mcneil E., Aiyarak S., Hutamai S., Dupont H.L., Jiang Z.-D., Kalambaheti T., Tonyong W., Thitiphuree S., Steffen R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-65649117380&partnerID=40&md5=2588334a381f202624bab50b946988f4; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/1662
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Background Current data on risk of travelers' diarrhea (TD) among visitors to Thailand largely comes from US military personnel, Peace Corps volunteers, or expatriates. We performed a 14-month systematic study of the incidence rate and characteristics of TD and a smaller study of etiology of th...