Population movement: A key factor in the epidemiology of neglected tropical diseases

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1281-1288

  Aagaard Hansen, Jens ^a   Nombela, Nohelly ^b   Alvar, Jorge ^b  

^a STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Infectious diseases; Leishmaniasis; Migration; Neglected tropical diseases; Population movements; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LEISHMANIASIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TYPOLOGY;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSENTERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEISHMANIASIS; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDLINE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; TROPICAL DISEASE; URBANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 79251526892     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02629.x     Document Type: Article

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