Blue marble health redux: Neglected tropical diseases and human development in the group of 20 (G20) nations and Nigeria

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1-5

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LEPROSY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 84938586738     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003672     Document Type: Editorial

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