Epidemiology, Biodiversity, and Technological Trajectories in the Brazilian Amazon: From Malaria to COVID-19

• Main Authors: Claudia T. Codeço (Author), Ana P. Dal'Asta (Author), Ana C. Rorato (Author), Raquel M. Lana (Author), Tatiana C. Neves (Author), Cecilia S. Andreazzi (Author), Milton Barbosa (Author), Maria I. S. Escada (Author), Danilo A. Fernandes (Author), Danuzia L. Rodrigues (Author), Izabel C. Reis (Author), Monica Silva-Nunes (Author), Alexandre B. Gontijo (Author), Flavio C. Coelho (Author), Antonio M. V. Monteiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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The Amazon biome is under severe threat due to increasing deforestation rates and loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services while sustaining a high burden of neglected tropical diseases. Approximately two thirds of this biome are located within Brazilian territory. There, socio-economic and enviro...