US Gulf Coast states: The rise of neglected tropical diseases in "flyover nation"

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a   Jackson Lee, Sheila ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b United States House of Representatives for the Eighteenth Congressional District of Texas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEPROSY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; POVERTY; PUBLICATION; TEMPERATURE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZIKA FEVER; NEGLECTED DISEASE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; TROPICAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85036611190     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005744     Document Type: Article

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