Texas and Mexico: Sharing a legacy of poverty and neglected tropical diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a   Bottazzi, Maria Elena ^a   Dumonteil, Eric ^b   Valenzuela, Jesus G ^c   Kamhawi, Shaden ^c   Ortega, Jaime ^d   de Rosales, Samuel Ponce Leon ^e   Cravioto, Miguel Betancourt ^f   Tapia Conyer, Roberto ^f  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^e Laboratorios de Biológicos y Reactivos de Mexico BIRMEX   (Mexico)

^f Instituto Carlos Slim de la Salud (ICSS)   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MEXICO; NEGLECTED DISEASE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEXICO; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 84859186373     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001497     Document Type: Article

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