About the Authors

Rebecca Y. Du

Affiliation 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

Jeffrey D. Stanaway

Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Peter J. Hotez

hotez@bcm.edu

Affiliations 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, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs, Bush School of Public Policy and Public Service, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.