Where Does Human Plague Still Persist in Latin America?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Schneider, Maria Cristina ^a   Najera, Patricia ^a   Aldighieri, Sylvain ^a   Galan, Deise I ^a   Bertherat, Eric ^b   Ruiz, Alfonso ^c   Dumit, Elsy ^a   Gabastou, Jean Marc ^a   Espinal, Marcos A ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOME; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PLAGUE; POVERTY; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PLAGUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84895738970     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002680     Document Type: Article

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