Leishmaniasis: new approaches to disease control.

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Published in BMJ on February 15, 2003

Authors

Clive R Davies1, Paul Kaye, Simon L Croft, Shyam Sundar

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT. clive.davies@lshtm.ac.uk

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