Incidence of acute mountain sickness and healthcare related behaviors among travelers to Cusco, Peru.

Travel Med Infect Dis

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and University of Texas Medical Branch Collaborative Research Center - Cusco, Jr. Jose Carlos Mariategui J-6, Wanchaq, 08002, Cusco, Peru; Sede Cusco - Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av. Honorio Delgado 430, San Martin de Porres, 15102, Lima, Peru; Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Route 0435, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA. Electronic address:

Published: August 2021

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