What Uniting to Combat Tropical Diseases Will Really Require
Dr Unni Karunakara
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Posted 31.03.2012
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UK
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Performing a spinal tap under field conditions is nerve-wracking. Sticking a needle into someone's spine to extract spinal fluid is painful and risky and that's just the doctor's perspective. But it's also something that our doctors have to do every day as part of routine tests for advanced stage sleeping sickness.
