Rickettsial diseases: ¿a public health problem in Latin America?
The epidemiologic parameters for a disease to be considered a public health problem are magnitude, vulnerability and transcendence. If you consider only magnitude and vulnerability based on incidence of rickettsial diseases in Latin America and in the absence of an effective vaccine against these ki...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica
2013-07-01
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| Series: | Acta Médica Costarricense |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-60022013000400003&lng=en&tlng=en |