The importance of originality in scientific research on neglected tropical diseases
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Social sciences research in neglected tropical diseases 1: the ongoing neglect in the neglected tropical diseases
Centuries of scientific advances and developments in biomedical sciences have brought us a long way to understanding and managing disease processes, by reducing them to simplified cause-effect models. For most of the infectious diseases known today, we have the methods and technology to identify the causative agent, understand the mechanism by which pathology is induced and develop the treatmen...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0037-8682
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0120-2013