The status of infectious disease in the Amazon region

The Amazon River basin region is a vast territory with an area >7 million km2, encompassing parts of 9 South American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The Amazon River, the longest river in the world, traverses the region from we...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 15; no. 4; p. 625
Main Author Tauil, Pedro Luiz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.04.2009
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Amazon
Brazil
commentary
Communicable diseases
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging - transmission
Disease transmission
Distribution
Environmental aspects
Health aspects
Humans
Infectious disease
malaria
Rain forests
South America - epidemiology
South America
Brazil
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Summary:The Amazon River basin region is a vast territory with an area >7 million km2, encompassing parts of 9 South American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The Amazon River, the longest river in the world, traverses the region from west to east, fed by multiple tributaries. The region also contains the largest tropical rainforest in the world, situated on a massive plain whose altitude is near sea level. With a climate characterized by high temperatures and humidity and copious rainfall, the region has the densest and most varied ecosystem in the world.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1504.090169