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Editorial
. 2013 Jul 25;7(7):e2118.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002118. Print 2013.

NTDs in the heart of darkness: the Democratic Republic of Congo's unknown burden of neglected tropical diseases

Anne W Rimoin, Peter J Hotez
Editorial

NTDs in the heart of darkness: the Democratic Republic of Congo's unknown burden of neglected tropical diseases

Anne W Rimoin et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Map and location of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From CIA Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/maps/cg_largelocator_template.html, accessed December 31, 2012.
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Figure 2. Distribution of African schistosomiasis survey locations published by Hürlimann et al. in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases in 2011 .
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Figure 3. Distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in DR Congo.
Map from Global Atlas of Helminth Infections, http://www.thiswormyworld.org/maps/democratic-republic-of-the-congo, accessed December 29, 2011.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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