Global surgery and the neglected tropical diseases
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1 School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, 2 Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, 3 James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, 4 Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America, 5 Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, 6 Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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