About the Authors
- Peter J. Hotez
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* E-mail: mtmpjh@gwumc.edu (PJH); aultstev@paho.org (SKA)
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University and Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Maria Elena Bottazzi
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University and Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Carlos Franco-Paredes
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Affiliations Hospital Infantil de México, Federico Gómez, México, D.F., México, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Steven K. Ault
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* E-mail: mtmpjh@gwumc.edu (PJH); aultstev@paho.org (SKA)
Affiliation Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Mirta Roses Periago
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Affiliation Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Washington, D.C., United States of America
Competing Interests
PJH is a cofounder of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Disease Control and President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute. PJH and MEB are inventors on international patents for hookworm vaccines and a hookworm-schistosomiasis vaccine. PJH is also Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. MRP and SKA are the Director and Regional Advisor in Communicable Diseases (Parasitic Diseases/Neglected Diseases) of PAHO/WHO, respectively, and declare no conflict of interests. The contents of this paper are the sole responsibility of the authors and should not be construed as speaking for the policies of PAHO/WHO nor for their governing councils and assemblies.