The Newest “Omics”—Metagenomics and Metabolomics—Enter the Battle against the Neglected Tropical Diseases
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1 Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America, 2 National School of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, 3 Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Houston, Texas, United States of America, 4 James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, 5 Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America
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دوره 9 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015