Chagas Disease and the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases
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1 Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, 2 The Chagas Disease Foundation, Bogart, Georgia, United States of America, 3 Laboratory of Eco-Epidemiology, Department of Ecology, Genetics and Evolution, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4 Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, Caracas, Venezuela, 5 Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México, 6 Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos (HIGA) Eva Perón, Sección Chagas, Servicio de Cardiologı́a, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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دوره 8 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014