About the Authors

Paul J. Brindley

pbrindley@gwu.edu; skamhawi@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

Peter J. Hotez

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

Shaden Kamhawi

pbrindley@gwu.edu; skamhawi@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Vector Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Authors Paul J. Brindley and Shaden Kamhawi are co-Editors-in-Chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Peter J. Hotez is a former Editor-in-Chief and current Academic Editor of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.