Engaging a Rising China through Neglected Tropical Diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD POISONING; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NEGLECTED DISEASE; POVERTY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES; YELLOW FEVER;

CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEGLECTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870731163     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001599     Document Type: Article

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