Global distribution of outbreaks of water-associated infectious diseases.

• Main Authors: Kun Yang (Author), Jeffrey LeJeune (Author), Doug Alsdorf (Author), Bo Lu (Author), C K Shum (Author), Song Liang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Water plays an important role in the transmission of many infectious diseases, which pose a great burden on global public health. However, the global distribution of these water-associated infectious diseases and underlying factors remain largely unexplored.Based on the Global Infectious Disease and...