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. 2025 Jun 18:48:101149.
doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101149. eCollection 2025 Aug.

Infectious versus chronic conditions: time to dismantle silos in public health

Richard A Goodman  1 , Samuel F Posner  2 , Laurence S Sperling  3   4 , Carlos Del Rio  3   4 , Sonja A Rasmussen  5
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Infectious versus chronic conditions: time to dismantle silos in public health

Richard A Goodman et al. Lancet Reg Health Am. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Goodman holds shares of stock in Merck. Dr. del Rio's work includes efforts supported by institutional grants received from NIH/NIAID and NIH/NIDA; and he serves as a member of the board of directors of IAS-USA.

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