Tuberculosis, war, and refugees: Spotlight on the Syrian humanitarian crisis

PLoS Pathog. 2018 Jun 7;14(6):e1007014. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007014. eCollection 2018 Jun.

Authors

Mohamad Bachar Ismail¹, Rayane Rafei¹, Fouad Dabboussi¹, Monzer Hamze¹

Affiliation

¹ Health and Environment Microbiology Laboratory, Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon.

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Altruism
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Humans
Refugees*
Risk Factors
Syria / epidemiology
Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
Tuberculosis / transmission
Warfare*

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this study.