About the Authors

Alexander J. Blum

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

Peter J. Hotez

hotez@bcm.edu

Affiliations Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Houston, Texas, United States of America, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States America, James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States America, Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Policy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

We have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: PJH is patentholder and lead investigator on several vaccines against neglected tropical diseases, including vaccines against schistosomiasis and hookworm which are in clinical trials.