Strategic emphases for tropical diseases research: A TDR perspective

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 421-426

  Remme, Jan H F ^a   Blas, Erik ^a   Chitsulo, Lester ^a   Desjeux, Philippe M P ^a   Engers, Howard D ^a   Kanyok, Thomas P ^a   Kengeya Kayondo, Jane F ^a   Kioy, Deborah W ^a   Kumaraswami, Vasanthapuram ^a   Lazdins, Janis K ^a   Nunn, Paul P ^a   Oduola, Ayoade ^a   Ridley, Robert G ^a   Toure, Yeya T ^a   Zicker, Fabio ^a   Morel, Carlos M ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; FILARIASIS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPROSY; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; RESEARCH; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 18644374832     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(02)02387-5     Document Type: Review

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