Why Is Plasmodium vivax a Neglected Tropical Disease?

نویسندگان

  • Jane M. Carlton
  • Barbara J. Sina
  • John H. Adams
چکیده

1 Department of Medical Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, 2 Division of International Training and Research, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, 3 Department of Global Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

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دوره 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011