Leishmaniasis: Middle east and north africa research and development priorities

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  McDowell, Mary Ann ^a   Rafati, Sima ^b   Ramalho Ortigao, Marcelo ^c   Salah, Afif ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGENT;

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLICY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH PRIORITY; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TROPICAL DISEASE; AFRICA; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79960951473     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001219     Document Type: Article

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