Fighting neglected tropical diseases in the southern United States: Poverty and lack of awareness need to be tackled

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7875, 2012, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; NEGLECTED DISEASE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; MISSISSIPPI; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; POVERTY; TEXAS; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84866626316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e6112     Document Type: Editorial

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