Aboriginal Populations and Their Neglected Tropical Diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AZITHROMYCIN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABORIGINE; AFRICAN PYGMY; ARTICLE; DENGUE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ESKIMO; GIARDIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALARIA; MELIOIDOSIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; ORANG ASLI; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PYODERMA; SCABIES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRACHOMA; TRICHINOSIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUNGIASIS; YANOMAMI; YAWS; AFRICA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; POPULATION GROUP; SOCIOECONOMICS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AFRICA; AMERICAS; AUSTRALASIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; POPULATION GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84893743034     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002286     Document Type: Article

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