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Center for Tropical Diseases

Welcome to the Home page of the Center for Tropical Diseases at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, a World Health Organization Collaborating Center. Our mission is to alleviate suffering caused by tropical infectious diseases through the application of basic, applied and field research. The education programs at the center contribute towards enhancing the scientific infrastructure of tropical infectious diseases research as well as aiding others to understand the importance and control of these diseases.

Our diagnostic and reference laboratory services provide an important resource for the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases

Please feel free to browse our web site that depicts the activities of the center.

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