Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 74-78 , March 2010

Travelling to South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

  • Peter A. Leggat

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia. Tel.: +61 7 47816108; fax: +61 7 47815254.

Received 8 March 2010

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☆ Disclaimer: The authors do not necessarily represent the views of FIFA or of any other agency connected with the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

PII: S1477-8939(10)00038-4

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.03.005

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 74-78 , March 2010

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