New social and environmental forces, including economic downturns, climate change, and human migrations from the Middle East and North Africa, are merging into a “perfect storm” to promote the widespread emergence of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Southern Europe. There is no single definition of the area or countries comprising Southern Europe, but most focus on the countries aligning the Mediterranean Sea, including Spain and Portugal (comprising the Iberian Peninsula), Italy (especially the portion on the Italian Peninsula), Southern France and Corsica, and Greece. The Balkan countries in southeastern Europe, including Croatia, are also sometimes included in this definition.
BT - PLoS neglected tropical diseases C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27362640?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004243 IS - 6 J2 - PLoS Negl Trop Dis LA - eng M3 - Editorial N2 -New social and environmental forces, including economic downturns, climate change, and human migrations from the Middle East and North Africa, are merging into a “perfect storm” to promote the widespread emergence of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Southern Europe. There is no single definition of the area or countries comprising Southern Europe, but most focus on the countries aligning the Mediterranean Sea, including Spain and Portugal (comprising the Iberian Peninsula), Italy (especially the portion on the Italian Peninsula), Southern France and Corsica, and Greece. The Balkan countries in southeastern Europe, including Croatia, are also sometimes included in this definition.
PY - 2016 EP - e0004243 T2 - PLoS neglected tropical diseases TI - Southern Europe's coming plagues: vector-borne neglected tropical diseases. UR - http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0004243.PDF VL - 10 SN - 1935-2735 ER -