The Gulf Coast: A New American Underbelly of Tropical Diseases and Poverty

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c   Murray, Kristy O ^a   Buekens, Pierre ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TROPICAL DISEASE; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; EPIDEMIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TEXAS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84901786066     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002760     Document Type: Article

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