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  1. Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Amanda P. Garcia M.P.H. & LeAnne M. Fox M.D., M.P.H., D.T.M.&H.

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  1. MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Nupur Gupta

  2. MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Brett D. Nelson

  3. Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Jennifer Kasper

  4. Global Health Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Patricia L. Hibberd

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Garcia, A.P., Fox, L.M. (2014). Parasitic Diseases. In: Gupta, N., Nelson, B., Kasper, J., Hibberd, P. (eds) The MassGeneral Hospital for Children Handbook of Pediatric Global Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7918-5_20

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