Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Anthropocene: The Cases of Zika, Ebola, and Other Infections.
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1 Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, 2 Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Houston, Texas, United States of America, 3 James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, 4 Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America
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عنوان ژورنال:
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
دوره 10 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016