The poverty-related neglected diseases: Why basic research matters

PLoS Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE EDITING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMMUNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POVERTY; RNA SEQUENCE; SINGLE-CELL COMBINATORIAL INDEXING RNA SEQUENCING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MALARIA; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

VACCINE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALARIA; NEGLECTED DISEASES; POVERTY; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; VACCINES;

EID: 85036582498     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2004186     Document Type: Article

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