Europe's neglected infections of poverty

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a   Gurwith, Meredith ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Helminth infections; International adoption; Neglected infections of poverty; Roma; Toxoplasmosis; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ASCARIASIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTEROBIASIS; EUROPE; FASCIOLIASIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OPISTHORCHIASIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SYPHILIS; TAENIASIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TOSCANA VIRUS INFECTION; TOXOCARIASIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRICHINOSIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; TULAREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEST NILE FEVER; ZOONOSIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; POVERTY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84860389021     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.05.006     Document Type: Review

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