"Aim To review infections associated with adventure travel. Methods The , and s were searched combining the words infection with the following keywords: , , , surfer* or *), (caves or or ), ( or trekking) or ( or ), , , (* or ), , , trekking, and . Results Adventure travel is becoming much more common among travelers and it is associated with a subset of infectious diseases including: , , s, s and endemic mycosis. Caving and whitewater rafting places individuals at particular risk of leptospirosis, schistosomiasis and endemic mycosis, while adventure races also place individuals at high risk of a variety of infections including , and leptospirosis."
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Nathan D. Gundacker M.D., Robert J. Rolfe, and J. Martin Rodriguez,
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