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Coffee alert

January 2, 2012 by micrognome Leave a Comment

Coffee alert: diseases affecting the coffee crop are already affecting global coffee production, but what about the people who work on the coffee harvest? They are at risk of exposure to tropical infections including a collection of neglected tropical diseases

Filed Under: FACTM, Featured, μGnews, µGnome abroad, μGnomics Tagged With: arabica, coffee, coffee borer, coffee rust, filariasis, Leishmaniasis, malaria, neglected tropical diseases, onchocerciasis, plant diseases, robusta, tropical infections, tuberculosis

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