America's most distressed areas and their neglected infections: The united states gulf coast and the district of Columbia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b  

^a SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; POVERTY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; UNITED STATES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PREVALENCE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953803446     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000843     Document Type: Editorial

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