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Using a “genomics tool” to develop disease prevention strategy in a low-income setting: lessons from the podoconiosis research project

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Acknowledgments

We thank Meskele Ashine for allowing us to use data from the Mossy Foot Treatment and Prevention Association of Ethiopia. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The podoconiosis project is supported by the Wellcome Trust. The authors are supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, in the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH). The CRGGH is support by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at NIH.

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    Fasil Tekola Ayele, Adebowale Adeyemo & Charles N. Rotimi

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Tekola Ayele, F., Adeyemo, A. & Rotimi, C.N. Using a “genomics tool” to develop disease prevention strategy in a low-income setting: lessons from the podoconiosis research project. J Community Genet 3, 303–309 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-012-0086-0

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