Texas and Mexico: Sharing a Legacy of Poverty and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Dengue Vectors, Human Activity, and Dengue Virus Transmission Potential in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States

“…These regions share a similar subtropical climate, and may be considered a single epidemiological region when studying vector-borne diseases (Hotez et al 2012). Container-breeding mosquito interactions, including competitive behavior, have been studied extensively (Harper and Paulson 1994, OÕMeara et al 1995, Daugherty et al 2000, Juliano et al 2004, Juliano and Lounibos 2005; the vast majority of these studies have focused on the Florida environment.…”

Crowd-Funded Micro-Grants for Genomics and “Big Data”: An Actionable Idea Connecting Small (Artisan) Science, Infrastructure Science, and Citizen Philanthropy

“…In GloCal settings, where the global and local innovation forces meet, clash and/or synergize, the linkages between health and diplomacy become clearer and all the more relevant. Both Peter Hotez and Ilona Kickbusch have repeatedly emphasized these linkages, and that shared regional and global health problems are also opportunities for global health diplomacy (Hotez, 2010;2011b;Hotez et al, 2012b;Kickbusch, et al 2007;Kickbusch and Buss 2011).…”

Fighting neglected tropical diseases in the southern United States

“…10 Texas has the second largest population of all the US states and possibly the largest number of Americans living below the poverty line, with one in five Texans living in poverty. 12 Tropical diseases such as Chagas disease and cysticercosis are widespread in Texas. 12 Poor housing conditions and homelessness promote exposure to selected vector borne tropical diseases, such as dengue and murine typhus.…”

“…12 Tropical diseases such as Chagas disease and cysticercosis are widespread in Texas. 12 Poor housing conditions and homelessness promote exposure to selected vector borne tropical diseases, such as dengue and murine typhus. 12 On the basis of previous experience, the current outbreak of West Nile virus infection in Texas will probably affect homeless people and those living in poverty disproportionately.…”

“…12 Poor housing conditions and homelessness promote exposure to selected vector borne tropical diseases, such as dengue and murine typhus. 12 On the basis of previous experience, the current outbreak of West Nile virus infection in Texas will probably affect homeless people and those living in poverty disproportionately. 13 Exactly how and why poverty is inextricably linked to neglected tropical diseases is still unclear.…”