Lung infection--a public health priority

PLoS Med. 2006 Feb;3(2):e76. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030076. Epub 2006 Jan 17.

Abstract

The pervasive burden of lung infections receives proportionately little attention from the biomedical and public health communities, argues Mizgerd.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Cost of Illness*
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Humans
  • Infection Control*
  • Microbiology / trends
  • Poverty
  • Public Health*
  • Quality-Adjusted Life Years
  • Respiratory Tract Infections* / complications
  • Respiratory Tract Infections* / economics
  • Respiratory Tract Infections* / epidemiology
  • Respiratory Tract Infections* / prevention & control