Contagious diseases in competitive sport: what are the risks?
Great concern is often expressed over the possibility of contagion among athletes in competitive sports, particularly sports with much person-to-person contact. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is only the most notorious of infectious agents; potentially, other viruses, bacteria, and even fungi ma...
| Publicado en: | Journal of American College Health Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 105 - 110 |
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| Formato: | review Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2000
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=107015515&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 107015515 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 07448481 ACL jtl: Journal of American College Health issn: 07448481 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2000 vid: 49 iid: 3 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 107015515 107015515 2001033697 10.1080/07448480009596291 NLM11125637 107015515 ppf: 105 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Contagious diseases in competitive sport: what are the risks? aug: au: Dorman JM affil: Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA sug: subj: Communicable Diseases Epidemiology Immunization Risk Assessment Sports Athletes Students Colleges and Universities United States Bloodborne Pathogens HIV Infections Transmission Hepatitis B Transmission Herpes Simplex Transmission Health Promotion Public Figures Male Adult Needlestick Injuries Adult: 19-44 years Male ab: Great concern is often expressed over the possibility of contagion among athletes in competitive sports, particularly sports with much person-to-person contact. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is only the most notorious of infectious agents; potentially, other viruses, bacteria, and even fungi may be involved. Because of the concern, however, special attention is paid to HIV and hepatitis B infections. For most of the infections considered, the athlete is more at risk during activities off the playing field than while competing. Inclusion of immunizations against measles and hepatitis B among prematriculation immunization requirements (PIRs) for colleges and universities would eliminate these two diseases from the list of dangers to college athletes and all students. Education, rather than regulations, should remain the cornerstone in considering the risks to athletes from contagious diseases. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: review Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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