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New lease of life for tropical medicine

Nature volume 428, pages 966–967 (2004)Cite this article

Born of necessity in the Victorian era, tropical medicine has been given a new impetus by genomics, philanthropy and an increasing awareness of the toll of tropical diseases. This is leading to new opportunities in tropical-disease research. Eugene Russo reports.

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