The schistosomiasis research agenda - What now?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Bethony, Jeffrey M ^a   Loukas, Alex ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ANIMAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMICIDES;

EID: 48949117600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000207     Document Type: Note

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