The Gulf of Mexico: A “Hot Zone” for Neglected Tropical Diseases?

• Peter J. Hotez ,

  * E-mail: hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); pbuekens@tulane.edu (PB)

  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, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Maria Elena Bottazzi,

  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, Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, United States of America

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• Eric Dumonteil,

  Affiliations Laboratorio de Parasitología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales "Dr. Hideyo Noguchi", Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Pierre Buekens

  * E-mail: hotez@bcm.edu (PJH); pbuekens@tulane.edu (PB)

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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