Central Asia's hidden burden of neglected tropical diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a   Alibek, Ken ^b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NAZARBAYEV UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; MEBENDAZOLE; PRIMAQUINE; TAP WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMEBIASIS; ASCARIASIS; ASIA; BED SHARING; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHOLANGITIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENTEROBIASIS; FASCIOLIASIS; FEVER; FOOD POISONING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HELMINTHIASIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIASIS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIASIS; POVERTY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SANITATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TOXOCARIASIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRICHINOSIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; VEGETABLE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ECONOMICS; TROPIC CLIMATE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASIA, CENTRAL; DISEASE VECTORS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 80053441835     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001224     Document Type: Editorial

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