Human Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases: Heading Towards 2050

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue , 2018, Pages 29-38

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Neglected tropical diseases; Poverty; Urban landscape

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFLICT; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; POLITICS; POVERTY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCIENCE; TREMATODIASIS; URBANIZATION; WAR; ANIMAL; FORECASTING; GLOBAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85044850760     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2018.03.002     Document Type: Chapter

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