High incidence of diseases endemic to the amazon region of brazil, 2001-2006

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 626-632

  Penna, Gerson ^a,c   Pinto, Luiz Felipe ^b   Soranz, Daniel ^a   Glatt, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Serra Dos Orgãos University   (Brazil)

^c MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DENGUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; LIFESTYLE; MALARIA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOCIAL CLASS; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DENGUE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPROSY; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 65349120092     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1504.081329     Document Type: Article

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