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. 2020 Apr 21;172(8):560-561.
doi: 10.7326/M20-0643. Epub 2020 Mar 3.

Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases: Should Travel Be the Fifth Vital Sign?

Trish M Perl  1 , Connie Savor Price  2
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Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases: Should Travel Be the Fifth Vital Sign?

Trish M Perl et al. Ann Intern Med. .

Abstract

In the setting of emerging infections, such as COVID-19, this commentary argues that all members of the health care team need training on how to integrate key epidemiologic information, such as travel history, into their risk assessments in the same way they are trained to ask about tobacco exposure to assess cancer and heart disease risk.

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