Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases
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چکیده
From the Sabin Vaccine Institute, and George Washington University, Washington, DC (P.J.H.); Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Lymphatic Filariasis Support Centre and the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis, Liverpool, United Kingdom (D.H.M.); the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Imperial College London, London (A.F.); the International Trachoma Initiative, New York ( J.K.); the Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York (S.E.S., J.D.S.); and the Department of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva (L.S.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Hotez at the Sabin Vaccine Institute and the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University, Ross Hall 736, 2300 Eye St., NW, Washington, DC 20037, or at [email protected].
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