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Editorial
. 2014 Feb 27;8(2):e2449.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002449. eCollection 2014 Feb.

Indonesia: an emerging market economy beset by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)

Melody Tan  1 , Rita Kusriastuti  2 , Lorenzo Savioli  3 , Peter J Hotez  4
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Indonesia: an emerging market economy beset by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)

Melody Tan et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Map of Indonesia.
From Wikimedia Commons. Available: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indonesia_2002_CIA_map.png. Accessed 6 June 2013.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Geographic distribution of the three major filarial species in Indonesia.
Data from Indonesian Ministry of Health. Map showing distribution of B. malayi (Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi), W. bancrofti (Java, Bali, Nusa Tenggara Barat [NTB] and Papua), and B. malayi and B. timori in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT).
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