• Clin Sports Med · Jul 2007

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    Infectious disease and the collegiate athlete.

    • Robert G Hosey and Richard E Rodenberg.
    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, K 433 Kentucky Clinic, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. rhosey@email.uky.edu <rhosey@email.uky.edu>
    • Clin Sports Med. 2007 Jul 1; 26 (3): 449-71.

    AbstractCollegiate athletes are common reservoirs for infectious disease agents. Specific training regimens, living arrangements, and high-risk behaviors may influence the athlete's risk of contracting a variety of infectious diseases. The sports medicine physician plays an important role in recognizing, appropriately treating, designing prevention strategies for, and making return-to-activity decisions for athletes who have infectious diseases.

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