TY - JOUR KW - Poverty KW - Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) KW - Brazil AU - Hotez P AU - Fujiwara R AB -

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.

BT - Microbes and infection C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25088506?dopt=Abstract DO - 10.1016/j.micinf.2014.07.006 J2 - Microbes Infect. LA - eng N2 -

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.

PY - 2014 T2 - Microbes and infection TI - Brazil's neglected tropical diseases: An overview and a report card. SN - 1769-714X ER -