Turista in Teheran. Travellers' diarrhoea at the Eighth International Congresses of Tropical Medicine and Malaria.
Turista in Teheran. Travellers' diarrhoea at the Eighth International Congresses of Tropical Medicine and Malaria.
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德黑兰的旅游者。
DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(69)90276-1
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发表时间:
1969
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影响因子:
168.9
通讯作者:
B. Kean
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作者:
B. Kean
Of 600 of the scientific visitors to a medical congress held in Teheran in 1968, 28% had diarrhœa. The syndrome was similar to the travellers' diarrhœa, or "turista", affecting U.S. visitors to Mexico. Only 8% of the 163 travellers from tropical countries (where diarrhœa is considered to be common) became ill, whereas 41% of those from countries with more temperate climates had diarrhœa. Only 1 out of 48 Iranians was affected. These findings suggest that immunity plays an important part in travellers' diarrhœa, and provide some support for the idea that the syndrome is caused by a living agent of disease.