Tropical Diseases in the United States: Beyond Poverty - Advancing an Ecological Framework in Tropical Medicine

Michael E DeWitt^{1

2

3}, John W Sanders^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Section on Infection Diseases, Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
² Center for the Study of Microbial Ecology and Emerging Diseases, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
³ Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Editorial

Michael E DeWitt et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024.

. 2024 Jul 23;111(3):449-451.

doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0251. Print 2024 Sep 4.

Michael E DeWitt^{1

2

3}, John W Sanders^{1

2}

¹ Section on Infection Diseases, Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
² Center for the Study of Microbial Ecology and Emerging Diseases, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
³ Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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