Epidemiology of travelers' diarrhea in Thailand

• Main Authors: Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Suwat Chariyalertsak, Edward Mcneil, Somboon Aiyarak, Songwut Hutamai, Herbert L. Dupont, Zhi Dong Jiang, Thareerat Kalambaheti, Wittavat Tonyong, Sumit Thitiphuree, Robert Steffen
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=65649117380&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/59848
• 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...