Global Christianity and the Control of Its Neglected Tropical Diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARIBBEAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRISTIANITY; HELMINTHIASIS; RELIGION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TROPICAL DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84920366895     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003135     Document Type: Article

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