The status of infectious disease in the Amazon region

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 15; no. 4; p. 625
• Main Author: Tauil, Pedro Luiz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...