Olympics pose 'substantial' risk to world health
CBC News, January 17, 2012
This week's issue of the medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases series includes a "call to action" on tackling health security and other risks of mass gatherings for sports, social or cultural events. Travellers can introduce infectious diseases to a host nation or to their home country when they return, the researchers warned. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/01/16/mass-gathering-infections.html
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