Strengthening neglected tropical disease research through enhancing research-site capacity: an evaluation of a novel web application to facilitate research collaborations

Affiliations

¹ The Global Health Network, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
² Drugs for Neglected Disease Initiative (DNDi), Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America.
⁴ International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America.
⁵ Clinical Unit, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Washington, D.C., United States of America.
⁶ AERAS Global TB Vaccine Foundation, Washington, D.C., United States of America.
⁷ Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, Pretoria, South Africa.

Tamzin Furtado et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014.

. 2014 Nov 13;8(11):e3225.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003225. eCollection 2014 Nov.

¹ The Global Health Network, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
² Drugs for Neglected Disease Initiative (DNDi), Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States of America.
⁴ International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America.
⁵ Clinical Unit, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Washington, D.C., United States of America.
⁶ AERAS Global TB Vaccine Foundation, Washington, D.C., United States of America.
⁷ Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, Pretoria, South Africa.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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