Health risks during the Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean: surveillance and assessment in the French départements

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doi:10.2807/esw.12.10.03151-en

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Health risks during the Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean: surveillance and assessment in the French départements

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Citation style for this article: Editorial team Collective. Health risks during the Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean: surveillance and assessment in the French départements. Euro Surveill. 2007;12(10):pii=3151. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.12.10.03151-en

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The ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) is the world’s third largest sporting event. (...) As with any mass gathering, there is an added public health risk [1]. Some of the visitors are coming from countries where infectious diseases are either endemic or capable of creating an epidemic.