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Volume 24, Number 4—April 2018
Dispatch

Region-Specific, Life-Threatening Diseases among International Travelers from Israel, 2004–2015

Chen Avni, Shmuel Stienlauf, Eyal Meltzer, Yechezkel Sidi, Eli SchwartzComments to Author , and Eyal LeshemComments to Author 
Author affiliations: The Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Travel-associated hospitalizations of citizens of Israel at Sheba Medical Center, Israel, by country of disease acquisition (A), and estimated number of Israeli citizen entries to each country (B), 2004–2005. Data on Israeli citizen entries from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (4). DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; PNG, Papua New Guinea.

Figure. Travel-associated hospitalizations of citizens of Israel at Sheba Medical Center, Israel, by country of disease acquisition (A), and estimated number of Israeli citizen entries to each country (B), 2004–2005. Data on Israeli citizen entries from the United Nations World Tourism Organization (4). DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; PNG, Papua New Guinea.

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