Global urbanization and the neglected tropical diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TYPHOID FEVER; URBANIZATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; RABIES; TRENDS; TROPICAL MEDICINE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; RABIES; TROPICAL MEDICINE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85014734889     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005308     Document Type: Editorial

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