A New European Neglected Diseases Center for Greece?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c   Papageorgiou, T Dorina ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GREECE; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84874786958     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001757     Document Type: Article

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