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Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Catholic World
Roughly one-quarter of the world’s most common neglected tropical diseases and almost all of the cases of Chagas disease occur in the Catholic majority countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This finding highlights new opportunities to lift the poorest Catholics in developing countries out of poverty. The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are the most common infections of the world’s po...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007999