title: The struggle of neglected scientific groups: ten years of NeTropica efforts to promote research in tropical diseases in Central America.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.
authors.forename: Edgardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: Esteban
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chaves-Olarte
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D002489:Central America; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D003141:Communicable Diseases; D005381:Financing, Organized; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D058069:Neglected Diseases; D014330:Tropical Medicine