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Many recommendations about immunizations for travelers have been published, but there are almost no data available on how well these recommendations are applied in practice. Therefore, we decided to investigate how adequately Swiss travelers to developing countries were immunized according to the recommendations of the WHO and of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health.
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Steiger, E., Steffen, R., Schär, M. (1989). A Study on Protective Vaccinations in Swiss Long-Distance Travelers. In: Steffen, R., Lobel, H., Haworth, J., Bradley, D.J. (eds) Travel Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73772-5_38
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