Why arboviruses can be neglected tropical diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  LaBeaud, A Desiree ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DEFORESTATION; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TROPICAL DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YELLOW FEVER; HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPICAL MEDICINE; VIROLOGY;

ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; HUMANS; POVERTY; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 48949118090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000247     Document Type: Article

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