From Haiti to the Amazon: Public Health Issues Related to the Recent Immigration of Haitians to Brazil
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1 Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2 Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 3 Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 4 Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, Campus Centro Oeste, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 5 Fundação de Vigilância em Saúde, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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