Tropical diseases research: Thirty years and counting

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOOKWORM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; STANDARD; TROPICAL DISEASE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; TRYPANOSOMA; ECONOMICS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; RESEARCH; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 65649095585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000329     Document Type: Editorial

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