Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 129-138 , May 2010

Travelling to India for the Delhi XIX Commonwealth Games 2010

  • Marc T.M. Shaw

      Affiliations

    • Anton Breinl Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    • Worldwise Travellers Health Centres of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
    • Travel Health Consultant, New Zealand Academy of Sport, New Zealand
    • ,
  • Peter A. Leggat

      Affiliations

    • Anton Breinl Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 47816108; fax: +61 7 47815254.
    • ,
  • Santanu Chatterjee

      Affiliations

    • Wellelsley Medicentre, Kolkata, India

Received 19 February 2010 ,Accepted 27 April 2010.

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☆ Disclaimer: the authors do not necessarily represent the views of the New Delhi XIX Commonwealth Games Organizing Committees or of any other agency connected with the 2010 Commonwealth Games event.

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.04.007

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 129-138 , May 2010

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