Preventive Chemotherapy Versus Innovative and Intensified Disease Management in Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Distinction Whose Shelf Life Has Expired

Mark Rosenberg¹, Jürg Utzinger^{2

3}, David G Addiss¹

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Mark Rosenberg et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016.

. 2016 Apr 14;10(4):e0004521.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004521. eCollection 2016 Apr.

Mark Rosenberg¹, Jürg Utzinger^{2

3}, David G Addiss¹

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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