About the Authors

Peter J. Hotez

hotez@bcm.edu

Affiliations Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Departments of Medical Humanities and Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The author has read the journal's policy and has the following conflicts: The author is principal investigator and patent holder on vaccines in development or clinical trials for hookworm, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, SARS, ascariasis, and trichuriasis. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.