Brazil's neglected tropical diseases: an overview and a report card

被引：42

作者：

Hotez, Peter J. ^{[1
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Fujiwara, Ricardo T. ^{[6
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机构：

[1] Baylor Coll Med, Sabin Vaccine Inst, Houston, TX 77030 USA

[2] Baylor Coll Med, Texas Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat, Ctr Vaccine Dev, Houston, TX 77030 USA

[3] Baylor Coll Med, Natl Sch Trop Med, Dept Mol Virol & Microbiol, Houston, TX 77030 USA

[4] Baylor Univ, Dept Biol, Waco, TX 76798 USA

[5] Rice Univ, James A Baker III Inst Publ Policy, Houston, TX USA

[6] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Inst Biol Sci, Dept Parasitol, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

来源：

MICROBES AND INFECTION | 2014年 / 16卷 / 08期

关键词：

Neglected tropical diseases; NTDs; Brazil; Helminth infections; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; HELMINTH INFECTIONS; CHAGAS-DISEASE; LATIN-AMERICA; PREVALENCE; BURDEN;

D O I：

10.1016/j.micinf.2014.07.006

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

Today, the nation of Brazil leads the Western Hemisphere in terms of the number of its citizens living with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). These diseases continue to trap Brazil's "bottom 20 million" in extreme poverty. (C) 2014 Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

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页码：601 / 606

页数：6

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