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Colombia

Identification of Bartonella spp and Rickettsia spp of Human Body Lice from Homeless People of Bogota D.C, Colombia
A.C.Marquez
Faccini-Martínez
C.A.López
M.Hidalgo
C.L.Cuervo
Human body lice (Pediculus humanus humanus) is recognized as the vector of different pathogenic bacteria as Bartonella quintana and Rickettsiaprowazekii, the etiological agents of trench fever and epidemic typhus, respectively, being these...
Region:
Central & South America and the Caribbean
Epidemiology of Tuberculosis among Homeless Persons, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia, 2007–2010
Diana Milena
Castañeda-Hernández
AdriánBolívar-Mejía
Alfonso J.Rodríguez-Morales
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most important infectious diseases globally and its occurrence among risk groups —those with HIV/AIDS, indigenous populations, and individuals living in crowded conditions and/or extreme poverty such as...
Region:
Central & South America and the Caribbean
Homelessness in Medellin: towards a public policy for the integral treatment of homeless people with severe mental illness and substance abuse disorders
Felipe Montoya Pino
Professor Peter H. Rossi describes homelessness as not having customary and regular access to a conventional dwelling. In Colombia, this subject is regulated by the Law 1641 (2013) which defines homeless as a person that regardless of sex...
Region:
Central & South America and the Caribbean
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