About the Authors

Alexander J. Blum

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

M. Farhan Majid

hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); farhan.majid@rice.edu (MFM)

Affiliation Center for Health and Biosciences, James A Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Peter J. Hotez

hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); farhan.majid@rice.edu (MFM)

Affiliations Center for Health and Biosciences, James A Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Medical Ethics, and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America, Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Policy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.