Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Anthropocene: The Cases of Zika, Ebola, and Other Infections

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  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

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

ANTHROPOCENE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFLICT; DAM (BARRIER); DEFORESTATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EDITORIAL; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LEISHMANIASIS; MIGRATION; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; POVERTY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TROPICAL DISEASE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; ZIKA FEVER; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIRUS DISEASES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URBANIZATION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84964878320     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004648     Document Type: Editorial

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