Burden of infectious diseases in South Asia

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7443, 2004, Pages 811-815

  Zaidi, Anita K M ^a   Awasthi, Shally ^b   DeSilva, H Janaka ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MASS IMMUNIZATION; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TYPHOID FEVER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1842610838     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.811     Document Type: Review

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