title: No longer a deadly encounter?
abstract: A careful analysis shows that the mortality rates associated with epidemics following the contact between Amazonian indigenous communities and the external word have decreased in recent years. However, whether isolated indigenous populations can be contacted safely is still open to debate; many will argue that these populations should remain uncontacted in order to survive.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo , São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Marcia C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Castro
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000401:mortality* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D044382:Population Groups; D014329:Tropical Climate
keywords: New World; epidemics; indigenous populations; mortality