Blue marble health and "the big three diseases": HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 539-541

  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

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MALARIA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; TUBERCULOSIS; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HIV; HUMANS; MALARIA; NEGLECTED DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84942838394     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2015.05.004     Document Type: Editorial

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