Neglected tropical diseases in Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 247-253

  Lindoso, José Angelo L ^a,b   Lindoso, Ana Angélica B P ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Vigilância Epidemiológica Prof Alexandre Vranjac   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Poverty; Tropical diseases; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPROSY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POVERTY; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70449638449     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652009000500003     Document Type: Review

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