Malaria and Lyme disease - the largest vector-borne US epidemics in the last 100 years: success and failure of public health
Abstract Malaria and Lyme disease were the largest vector-borne epidemics in recent US history. Malaria, a mosquito-borne disease with intense transmission, had higher morbidity and mortality, whereas Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are more persistent in the environment. The responses to these t...
Main Authors: | Ilia Rochlin, Dominick V. Ninivaggi, Jorge L. Benach |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-06-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-7069-6 |
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