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2018 in review: five hot topics in tropical medicine

The year 2018 heralded many new developments in the field of tropical medicine, including licensure of novel drugs for novel indications, licensure of existing drugs for existing indications but in novel settings, and globalized outbreaks of both vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. We herein describ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Makhani, Leila, Khatib, Aisha, Corbeil, Antoine, Kariyawasam, Ruwandi, Raheel, Hira, Clarke, Shareese, Challa, Priyanka, Hagopian, Emma, Chakrabarti, Sumontra, Schwartz, Kevin L., Boggild, Andrea K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31016025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40794-019-0082-z
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Sumario:The year 2018 heralded many new developments in the field of tropical medicine, including licensure of novel drugs for novel indications, licensure of existing drugs for existing indications but in novel settings, and globalized outbreaks of both vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. We herein describe five top stories in tropical medicine that occurred during 2018, and illuminate the practice-changing development within each story.