About the Authors

Peter J. Hotez

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

Maria Elena Bottazzi

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, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America

Ulrich Strych

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

Li-Yen Chang

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Yvonne A. L. Lim

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Maureen M. Goodenow

goodenow@ufl.edu (MMG); sazaly@um.edu.my (SA)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Sazaly AbuBakar

goodenow@ufl.edu (MMG); sazaly@um.edu.my (SA)

Affiliation Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.