Research on infectious diseases requires better coordination

Nature Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12S, 2004, Pages S137-S140

  Ridley, Robert G ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLORPROGUANIL PLUS DAPSONE; EFLORNITHINE; HALOFANTRINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; IVERMECTIN; MALARIA VACCINE; MEFLOQUINE; MILTEFOSINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTHRAX; EPIDEMIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIASIS; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; WORLD HEALTH;

ANTHRAX; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 10944233987     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm1153     Document Type: Review

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