Venezuela and its rising vector-borne neglected diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c,d   Basáñez, María Gloria ^e   Acosta Serrano, Alvaro ^f   Grillet, Maria Eugenia ^g  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

CHAGAS DISEASE; CHIKUNGUNYA; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EDITORIAL; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTION; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALNUTRITION; MINING; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PANSTRONGYLUS; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; VENEZUELA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZIKA FEVER; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD VECTOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; POLITICS; POVERTY; TRANSMISSION; TROPICAL MEDICINE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; POLITICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; TROPICAL MEDICINE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 85021670133     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005423     Document Type: Editorial

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