Citation

Wadhwaniya S, Hyder AA. J. Travel Med. 2013; 20(4): 217-220.

Affiliation

Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, International Society of Travel Medicine, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jtm.12041

PMID

23809070

Abstract

With increasing availability of immunizations...a change in morbidity and mortality patterns has been observed in global travelers. Infectious diseases now account for a very small proportion of reported deaths (<2%) among travelers. Travelers are not 10 times more likely to die from injuries than from infectious diseases....

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