Tropical Diseases. Definition, Geographic Distribution, Transmission, and Classification.

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-205

  Zumla, Alimuddin ^a   Ustianowski, Andrew ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Infectious diseases; Tropical disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; TROPICAL DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84861464150     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2012.02.007     Document Type: Review

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