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Review Article| Volume 38, ISSUE 1, P11-20, March 2018

Voices from the Field

Interviews with Global Health Pathology Volunteers
  • Timothy K. Amukele
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street/Carnegie 417, Baltimore, MD 21287.
    Affiliations
    Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street/Carnegie 417, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA

    Clinical Core Laboratory at Infectious Diseases Institute, MU-JHU Research Collaboration, Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University, Mulago Hospital Complex, PO Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda
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  • Sarah Riley
    Affiliations
    Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Merih T. Tesfazghi
    Affiliations
    Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
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Published:December 13, 2017DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cll.2017.10.002

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