Texas and Mexico: Sharing a Legacy of Poverty and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Overview

Journal PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Tropical Medicine

Date 2012 Apr 6

PMID 22479656

Citations 24

Authors

Peter J Hotez

Maria Elena Bottazzi

Eric Dumonteil

Jesus G Valenzuela

Shaden Kamhawi

Jaime Ortega

Samuel Ponce de Leon Rosales

Miguel Betancourt Cravioto

Roberto Tapia-Conyer

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