Incorporating Citizen Science Engagement in a Vector Surveillance Undergraduate Internship

Overview

Journal Discov Educ

Publisher Springer

Date 2024 Oct 24

PMID 39445030

Authors

Helen Urpi Wagner-Coello

Maria Elena Villar

Matthew DeGennaro

Affiliations

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s44217-024-00293-6.

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