Advancing Sino-Indian Cooperation to Combat Tropical Diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Hotez, Peter ^a,b,c   Singh, Sunit K ^d   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE CONTROL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEPROSY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEGLECTED DISEASES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84884688687     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002204     Document Type: Article

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