Research Priorities for Neglected Infectious Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean Region
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Jean-Claude Dujardin*, Socrates Herrera, Virgilio do Rosario, Jorge Arevalo, Marleen Boelaert, Hernan J. Carrasco, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, Lineth Garcia, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Theresa W. Gyorkos, Alexis M. Kalergis, Gustavo Kouri, Vicente Larraga, Pascal Lutumba, Maria Angeles Macias Garcia, Pablo C. Manrique-Saide, Farrokh Modabber, Alberto Nieto, Gerd Pluschke, Carlos Robello, Antonieta Rojas de Arias, Martin Rumbo, Jose Ignacio Santos Preciado, Shyam Sundar, Jaime Torres, Faustino Torrico, Patrick Van der Stuyft, Kathleen Victoir, Ole F. Olesen
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