Strategic emphases for tropical diseases research: A TDR perspective

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 435-440

  Remme, Jan H F ^a   Blas, Erik ^a   Chitsulo, Lester ^a   Desjeux, Philippe M P ^a   Engers, Howard D ^a   Kanyok, Thomas P ^a   Kayondo, J ^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; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPROSY; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TROPICAL MEDICINE; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 18644376562     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(02)02431-9     Document Type: Review

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