The Challenges of Conducting Clinical Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases in Remote Endemic Areas in Sudan

Sayda El-Safi; François Chappuis; Marleen Boelaert

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004736

The Challenges of Conducting Clinical Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases in Remote Endemic Areas in Sudan

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Nov 3;10(11):e0004736. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004736. eCollection 2016 Nov.

Authors

Sayda El-Safi¹, François Chappuis², Marleen Boelaert³

Affiliations

¹ University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
² Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research / economics
Biomedical Research / methods*
Biomedical Research / standards*
Endemic Diseases*
Humans
Laboratories / standards
Neglected Diseases / epidemiology*
Sudan / epidemiology
Tropical Medicine / economics
Tropical Medicine / methods*

Grants and funding

This work is part of the NIDIAG European research network (Collaborative Project), supported by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development, and demonstration under grant agreement no. 260260. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.