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. 2017 Aug 10;11(8):e0005739.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005739. eCollection 2017 Aug.

A new perspective on cutaneous leishmaniasis-Implications for global prevalence and burden of disease estimates

Freddie Bailey  1   2 , Karina Mondragon-Shem  3 , Peter Hotez  4 , José Antonio Ruiz-Postigo  5 , Waleed Al-Salem  6 , Álvaro Acosta-Serrano  3   7 , David H Molyneux  1   3
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A new perspective on cutaneous leishmaniasis-Implications for global prevalence and burden of disease estimates

Freddie Bailey et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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