About the Authors

Peter J. Hotez

hotez@bcm.edu

Affiliations Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 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, Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs, The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, 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 against hookworm and schistosomiasis that are in clinical trials and principal investigator on vaccines against several other diseases that are in development.