About the Authors

Peter J. Hotez

hotez@bcm.edu

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

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the author of this manuscript has the following competing interests: The author is principal investigator on vaccines in development against hookworm and other neglected tropical diseases. This does not alter my adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.