The first “London Declaration”: The Commonwealth and its neglected tropical diseases
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1 Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, 2 Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America, 3 Center for Health and Biosciences, James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, 4 Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, College Station, Texas, United States of America, 5 Sabin Foundation Europe, London, United Kingdom, 6 Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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دوره 11 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2017