The End of the Line for Hookworm? An Update on Vaccine Development

Eileen Devaney

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020327

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The End of the Line for Hookworm? An Update on Vaccine Development

Eileen Devaney

The End of the Line for Hookworm? An Update on Vaccine Development

Eileen Devaney

Published: October 4, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020327

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Eileen Devaney

Competing Interests

The author is on the Board of Directors of the Moredun Research Institute (http://www.moredun.org.uk), a grant-aided public body. A group at the institute is working on vaccine development against nematodes of livestock.

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