Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 291-295 , September 2009

Travel patterns and health risks for patients infected with HIV

  • Adam W. Sherrard

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5
    • ,
  • Anne E. McCarthy

      Affiliations

    • Tropical Medicine and International Health Clinic, Division of Infectious Diseases, Ottawa Hospital General Campus, G12-501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L6
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 613 737 8184; fax: +1 613 737 8164.

Received 20 October 2008 ,Revised 19 March 2009 ,Accepted 24 March 2009.

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PII: S1477-8939(09)00057-X

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.03.006

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 291-295 , September 2009

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