Research priorities for neglected infectious diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean Region

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Dujardin, Jean Claude ^a   Herrera, Socrates ^b   do Rosario, Virgilio ^c   Arevalo, Jorge ^d   Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Carrasco, Hernan J ^e   Correa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^f   Garcia, Lineth ^g   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^d   Gyorkos, Theresa W ^h   Kalergis, Alexis M ⁱ   Kouri, Gustavo ^j   Larraga, Vicente ^k   Lutumba, Pascal ^l   Garcia, Maria Angeles Macias ^m   Manrique Saide, Pablo C ⁿ   Modabber, Farrokh ^o   Nieto, Alberto ^p   Pluschke, Gerd ^q,r   Robello, Carlos ^s   de Arias, Antonieta Rojas ^t   Rumbo, Martin ^u   Preciado, Jose Ignacio Santos ^v   Sundar, Shyam ^w   Torres, Jaime ^x   Torrico, Faustino ^g   van der Stuyft, Patrick ^a   Victoir, Kathleen ^y   Olesen, Ole F ^z   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^c INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^j INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^k CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^l National Institute for Biomedical Research   (Congo)

^m EULARINET   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^o Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative   (Switzerland)

^p UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^q SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^s INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^t CENTRO PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LA INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA   (Paraguay)

^u UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^v UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^w BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^x UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^y INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^z EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ARTHROPOD DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENOMICS; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOSIS; NEGLECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NONHUMAN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS INFECTION; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NEGLECTED DISEASE; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARIBBEAN REGION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; NEGLECTED DISEASES; RESEARCH;

EID: 78449255931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000780     Document Type: Article

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