Eliminating Human African Trypanosomiasis: Where Do We Stand and What Comes Next?

Overview

Journal PLoS Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2008 Feb 29

PMID 18303943

Citations 195

Authors

Pere P Simarro

Jean Jannin

Pierre Cattand

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