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In this chapter the authors present the infectious diseases among some Indigenous people. Fungal diseases, bacterial diseases, viral diseases, and parasitic diseases will be described. The geographic and cultural differences among the Indians affect the infectious diseases prevalence.

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    Marcos Cesar Florian, Jane Tomimori, Sofia Beatriz Machado de Mendonça & Douglas Antonio Rodrigues

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Florian, M.C., Tomimori, J., de Mendonça, S.B.M., Rodrigues, D.A. (2017). Infectious Diseases. In: Dermatological Atlas of Indigenous People. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59446-0_4

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