About the Authors

Simon Brooker

simon.brooker@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Peter J. Hotez

Affiliations George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Donald A. P. Bundy

Affiliation The World Bank, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Competing Interests

SB is Deputy Editor and PJH is Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. PJH is an inventor on international patents for hookworm and schistosomiasis vaccines. DAPB is Coordinator of the APOC program for the World Bank.